Donna's Intermittent Fasting Journal

In this broadcast, Donna Reish, curriculum author of over 100 books, weight loss coach, blogger, and Intermittent Fasting teacher, teaches about the 130 Calorie Snack Concept---that is, that most packaged snacks have 130 calories in them for every 30 grams of snack (or approximately 4.5 calories per gram). This is the case for nearly all packaged snacks--health food store ones and all out "junk food" ones. Donna doesn't delve into the ingredients in snacks or the macros (that's a topic for another day). Instead, Donna explains why this matters to those seeking to lose weight: (1) Calories, or total food intake, really do matter; (2) The question isn't how many calories a packaged snack has; the question is how "big" is a 30 gram snack and how satiating is it?; (3) Stomach filling is based on a combination of volume, fiber, and water; (4) Many snacks leave us hungry; (5) Real foods always win--they have all of the fluffy qualities that fill us up (and give us important nutrients); (6) Snacking is often enterta