UCLA did a study and reported the top ten healthiest juices. After all, not all juice is created equal.

So here they are in order of healthiest:
1. Pomegranate juice
2. Red Wine (okay, this is NOT one for the kids)
3. Concord grape juice
4. Blueberry juice
5. Black cherry juice
6. Acai juice
7. Cranberry juice
8. Orange juice
9. Tea
10. Apple juice

So what makes pomegranate juice the best juice? Well according to the study, they took into account the vitamins and antioxidant levels (click here to get the definition), and pomegranate has the most different types of antioxidants to fight off cancer such as prostate cancer and heart disease.

As a good general rule, the more color, the more antioxidants it will have. So berries are another great fruit.

Burger King is going green and introducing a new healthier kids meal. Well, I am not a big supporter of fast foods but when they try to do something good, well you gotta give ‘em some props.

Burger King will be launching this month:

• a recycleable meal bag (..going green)
• a new snack food: sliced apples which will be packaged to look just like fries but when you take a bite, oh….it’s not fried it fresh sliced apples. It might a little nice surprise for you young ones.
• a Kraft macaroni and cheese dish that will be around 350 calories and less than 25% fat.

Not sure what they will be charging for sliced apples. let’s see if they put the marketing dollars behind it to make it fun and appealing to the kids…like they do with their other higher fat food items. I tried the sliced apples, and they were fresh and good.

If any of you have tried the new foods, let me know. Would love to hear how your kids are responding to it, how it is being marketed to the kids compared to their other food items.

To read, here is the article.

Safeway is expanding their Eating Right food line to reach out to children. Their new food line, called Eating Right Kids will feature the Warner Brother characters such as

• Bugs Bunny
• Tweetey
• Wile E. Coyote
• Daffy Ducks

The food will have over 100 food items to choose from. Some of the types of foods featured will be in the categories of:

• breakfast foods
• portable meals
• dairy
• snacks
• drinks

The food was formulated based on several agencies including the Department of Health.

The food line will be launched in 1700 Safeway stores across the US and Canada some time later this year.

Let’s see if we can begin to combine fast, convenience with the word nutrition.

(source: article from Business Week)