OBC Food Rules Day 56: Limit your snacks to unprocessed plant foods

Remember the old taboo against "between-meal snacks"?  Decades of determined food marketing have driven the phrase from our consciousness.  But the bulk of the 500 calories American have added to their daily diet since 1980 (the start of the obesity epidemic) have come in the form of snack foods laden with salt, fat, and sugar.  If you are going to snack, try to limit yourself to fruits, vegetables, and nuts.