Back to Nature Organic Saltine Crackers Review

My dad, being the supportive person that he is, is always presenting me with food products to try, and his latest find was Back to Nature Organic Saltine Crackers. Theses Saltines are made with organic ingredients and sprinkled with sea salt, plus they contain no artificial preservatives, flavors or colors,

NUTRITION FACTS
Serving Size: 15 grams
Calories: 60
Total Fat: 1.5 grams, 2%
Saturated Fat: 0%
Sodium: 150 mg, 6%
Carbohydrates: 12 grams
Fiber: 0%
Sugars: 0 grams
Protein: 1 gram

Saltine crackers and soup just go hand in hand for me - one should not be eaten without the other ... although Saltines also make a great base for other things like tuna, and spicy cheeses like Pepper Jack, or Weight Watchers Jalapeno Cheese Wedges (Review). On their own, Back to Nature Organic Saltine Crackers taste like ... saltine crackers! It's crispy, but not much flavor to it other than being a little salty. Paired with soup (I had mine with Dr. McDougall's Garden Vegetable Low Sodium Soup), they do the job required, meaning provide a good sturdy base that doesn't get soggy too quickly, as well as a plain base for the soup and it's ingredients to shine.

The nutrition facts are very similar to Nabisco Low Sodium Saltine Crackers (Review), with a 15 gram serving providing 60 calories, 2% of the daily value for total fat (1.5 grams), no saturated or trans fat, 150 mg sodium (6% of the DV), 1 gram of protein and no fiber or sugar. Of course, Nabisco Low Sodium Saltine Crackers only has 30 mg of sodium (1% of the DV), but it's also made with partially hydrogenated oils, while Back to Nature Organic Saltine Crackers is not. The ingredients are organic unbleaced enriched wheat flour, organic safflower oil, sea salt, baking soda, organic barley malt extract, organic brown rice syrup, dried yeast, organic malted barley flour.

A pack of Back to Nature Organic Saltine Crackers (8 ounces/ 226 grams), can be purchased online at iHerb.com for $3.67, which is a little more expensive than other brands (about $1.50 more). I don't find the price unreasonable though, and if you are trying to switch some if not all of your food products to those with a more natural ingredients list, then this is certainly an easy way to start. Great taste and reasonable price.

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<b>Weight loss</b> success story: Larry Hammack | MNN - Mother Nature Network

The following is one of a series of weight loss success stories featured on Mother Nature Network. Check back for more in coming weeks.Larry Hammack doesn’t drink coffee when he wakes up.“I don’t need it,” said the 54-year-old Atlanta resident. “I have the energy of a 19-year-old.”That wasn’t always the case. In fact, up until a year ago, Hammack was carrying around an extra 65 pounds, and had little energy to do anything. The co-owner of a florist shop, his typical day consisted of four activities: working, feeding the dog, eating and sleeping.   WorldShares lets you earn donations for your favorite nonprofit. Earn up to 20 points now.
Learn More“All I wanted to do was eat,” he said. “I would sneak into the cookie jar and eat oatmeal cookies with my breakfast.”But last April, Hammack got the prodding he needed to lose the extra weight. A visit to the doctor delivered the news he was dreading: he weighed 276 pounds.“I almost fell over when I saw that,” he said.He also learned that in addition to high blood pressure, he had low testosterone, which is associated with obesity, depression and fatigue.And the doctor discovered that Hammack had a hernia, which the extra weight had concealed.Hammack quickly went to work on devising an exercise and diet plan that has trimmed more than 60 pounds off his frame. He took inspiration from several mainstream diets by immediately eliminating white sugar. He now stays away from anything with white flour and he eschews any kind of canned, boxed or processed food. Fresh fruits, grains, raw nuts, grilled chicken and whole wheat pasta are the mainstays of his diet.He’s also attentive to how much he eats.“Make a fist, and anything beyond that size, you don’t need to eat,” said Hammack, echoing a common theme of many popular diet programs.Hammack said it’s easy to overeat at restaurants because you’re paying for the food and don’t want to waste any. But restaurants are notorious for offering super-sized portions, often of food that even in smaller quantities is ill-advised.He estimates he consumed 5,000 to 6,000 calories a day before he went on the diet. Now his calorie-intake is far below the 2,000-calorie threshold.As for exercise, it’s now one of Hammack’s favorite activities.Just as he did nine months ago when his weight loss journey began, Hammack rises at 5:30 every morning to walk before heading to Foxgloves and Ivy, his flower shop.When he began, he could barely walk a block. Now he walks about two miles every day, but he’s considering doubling the distance since he can cover four miles in the same time it once took him to cover two.After work, he hits the gym. Hammack belongs to a small gym where he works closely with the owner, who is a personal trainer. He gets pumped up by synchronizing his treadmill work out to a playlist on his iPod music player. He also goes out dancing several times a week. Since losing the weight, he’s learned how to dance the country two-step.“Find something to do in the evenings,” he said. “Get away from the TV.”Hammack now weighs 210 pounds, down from 276 when he began. He’d like to lose 20 more pounds. His blood pressure a year ago was 190 over 120, which his doctor said was a “walking stroke.” It’s now 120 over 80.Hammack’s advice for others who want to lose weight? Get a complete physical to see if there’s a medical cause for the sudden weight gain. Low testosterone, one known culprit, is at epidemic levels for men, and low vitamin D concentration is also an issue.“It’s never too late to change,” he said. “It’s never too late to do something to change yourself for the better.”With the excess weight gone, Hammack is looking forward to several reunions. A native of Macon, he’ll soon be attending a reunion of his Boy Scout troop.“We keep planning these reunions, and the last time they saw me, I was an old, fat man. Now I really want to show them how I look,” he said.That goes ditto for a reunion with his Air Force buddies. He will soon be seeing fellow vets who were stationed in Germany together two decades ago.“I’m going to show them I’m in better shape now than 25 years ago,” Hammack said.There’s no end to the activities he enjoys. But mainly he’s happy that he doesn’t have to say no to anything because of physical limitations.“If friends say, ‘Let’s go on a biking trip in the mountains,’ I want to say ‘Great, let’s go,’ and just be ready for anything,” he said. $(document).ready( function (){ var so = new SWFObject("/sites/all/themes/mnn/worldshares/WorldSharesAnimation.swf", "worldshares2", "100", "50", "9.0", "#FFFFFF"); so.addParam("wmode", "transparent"); so.write("flashtwitter"); $(".horizontal-social-links td a[href*='worldshares/dopoints/share-twitter'] ").click( function (){ // sendToActionscript("worldshares2","3"); return true; }); });

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