Weekly Links: Celebrity Trainers' Tips and French Fries, Hold (Some of) the Guilt!

By , SparkPeople Blogger
It's Friday! Woo-hoo! Hope you've got some healthy weekend plans lined up. Before you start the weekend, check out these interesting and entertaining links from around the web.

Slim Down, Tone Up: Quick Tips That Really Work
These tricks from celebrity trainers work the parts that really matter at the gym or anywhere.
From Yahoo! Shine


French fries—minus a little guilt
French fries are an American fast-food favorite, but they catch a lot of flak—too much fat, too much salt, not to mention too many calories. But now that Burger King, McDonald’s, and Wendy’s have cut the trans fats from their fries, you can enjoy them with a little less guilt. Our taste testers recently tried the new trans-fat free fries from the three fast-food restaurants, and found some good news: they all taste about the same as they used to.
From Consumer Reports


The Perfect Pantry
Since pantry items are built to stay, it's important to spend some time thinking them over. Buy the wrong carton of juice and it's a mistake that lasts a few weeks. Buy the wrong package of noodles and those dried and twisted snakes will be laughing at you for years to come.
From Men's Health

The FITNESS 2009 Healthy Food Awards
We can't do your supermarket shopping for you, but we can make it a whole lot easier. We combed through more than 46,000 products on store shelves to find the 50 most delicious, healthiest packaged foods out there. Fill your cart and enjoy!
From Fitness


Calorie Disclosure, Drinkable Veggies, and Cigarettes Suck
Restaurants reveal the numbers, drinking veggies for a slimmer physique, and kicking the bad smoking habit.
From Fit Bottomed Girls

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