Good Lifestyle

Red coats to toy readers is the season to be generous. But all that collects dust in your home should be a candidate for the donation box - especially about food.

After learning on the Office of the Office Food Drive, you are probably went hunting to see which unwanted items you could find to hide in the depths of your pantry. And while this white rice box may seem like the perfect donation article, we urge you to reconsider.

Just as you do not give a gift of a broken beard to a toy, you should think twice before giving a grocery grocery to a diet. According to a report in theHealth care log for the poor and badly servedThe food supplied to homeless life in shelters is generally high in fat, low in fiber and no nutrients they need to maintain good health. It's a shame, really, when it's just as easy for us to all give healthy donations as unhealthy.

But the question is not that we are all cold and lazy. It is because the majority of people do not know any idea of ​​donating foods that do more harm than good. That's why eating that, not that! We made our mission this holiday season to raise awareness around our office office on the best and worst foods to donate to the needy. And to help our officers raise awareness, we have teamed up withBay,Rxbar, andQuinn snacks, to welcome a healthy diet on our siege of New York. But no matter where you live, you have the opportunity to make a smart gift. There are food trousers and families throughout our country that can benefit fromhealthy staples! Read it to find out what foods you should make a gift and who are better released from the box this holiday season!

Donate: All natural peanut butter (hydrogenated oil free and added sugars)

Not that!:Conventional peanut butter (sugar and hydrogenated oil)

Donate: Whole grain pasta, pulp with legumes (those are some of our go-tos), brown rice, quinoa

Not that!: White pasta, white rice

Donate: Low sodium vegetables

Not that!: Salt vegetables added

Donate: Canned fruits (in natural juice)

Not that!: Canned fruits (in syrup)

Donate: Granola bars with low sugar (less than 10 grams added sugar / bar), mixture of trails (no salt or added sugar), air popcorn broke (no butter added or grease)

Not that!: Cookies, fruit snacks, chips

Donate: Canning soup with low sodium (less than 600 mg / serving)

Not that!: Conventional soup

Donate: Green tea

Not that!: Hot cocoa mix

Donate: Cereals with low sugar (less than 6 grams / cup), laminated oats or natural steel

Not that!: Sweet cereals, flavored instantaneous gruel