Nearly anyone who has ever gazed over the rows of brightly colored packages and deposited the right combination of coins and bills into a vending machine has noticed that most of the choices are unhealthy.   Lurking in the back of offices and schools, vending machines wait for people weakened by hunger pangs to come, change jingling in their pockets.  As most students and office workers know, making healthy choices is a difficult task, especially when hungry.   A morning spent in meetings and hours at the computer make that Snickers bar hard to avoid–as if being tasty didn’t make that hard enough. Next time you want to push D6 for that Little Debbie cake, consider some of the following healthier options.

Instead of…                                                    Try this…

Combos Cheddar cheese 240 calories     Nacho Cheese Doritos 150 cal.

Original Sun Chips210 calories               Baked Lays 110 cal.

Double Decker Oatmeal Pie470 cal.         Rice Krispies Treat 150 calories

Mrs. Field’s Choc. Chip Cookie 330 cal.   Milano Cookies (1 pkg) 180 cal.

Twix (1 pkg) 280 calories                      Kit Kat ( 1 package) 220 calories

Sugar Wafer(1 pkg) 400 cal.              Vanilla Crème Cookies(1 pkg) 170 cal. 

Corn Chips 160 calories                         Pretzels  110 calories