Lesley Ann Machado: Do you know somebody who's really zealous about eating right? Today, we're buying for the healthy eater. And I think, you're going to like the gift ideas, I've cooked up. So let's go shopping.
Lesley Ann Machado: When you buy a gift for a health conscious eater, think about this first.
Jessica Ganzer: Really you should know, where they eat most of their meals, where their meals are prepared, if they like to prepare their own meals or if they would rather get a gift certificate to a healthy dining establishment.
Lesley Ann Machado: Let's start with the person who cooks at home. For her, it's all about portion control. These bowls have portion sizes integrated into the design, see a symbol on the bottom indicates one of six different sizes, ranging from the half cup to two full cups. And the fill line on the side tells you when to stop filling the bowl, the cost, $50.
Tracy Rupp: I can pull my cereal, my cup-and-half of cereal into the bowl and know that that's it.
Lesley Ann Machado: When people start eating really well, they often want to see results in their body.
Lesley Ann Machado: Now some people are motivated by results. And that's why this is such a great product. It's the Omron Body Fat Analyzer. And it measures; you've guessed it, body fat. Now after you input certain information, like your age, height and weight, and you hold it up at the 90 degree angle, the analyzer sends electrical impulses through your body and for better or for worse you get your results inside in 7 seconds. Now I'm not brave enough to demonstrate this on camera. For this one, you guys are on your own.
Lesley Ann Machado: The kitchen is one place where it's good for the dieter to get all steamed up.
Jessica Ganzer: Use a steamer, you infuse no fat but you bring out the natural flavors of the food.
Lesley Ann Machado: Steam cuisine keeps the vitamins and nutrients from cooking all. This $30 burnished bamboo steamer has two levels so you can steam different foods at once.
But what about the person who doesn't cook? Treat them to healthy home delivered meals. Little bit more than the cost of a week of groceries, you can send 7 days worth of breakfast, lunch and dinner plus snack, drink and even dessert. Word of advice though, some services let you customize your dining menu, others have prepackaged plans.
Lesley Ann Machado: To avoid a diet disaster on the job, pack up the leftovers from that healthy dinner you had and take them to work in a wetsuit; well kind of. This flexible tote is actually made up of neoprene which is what wetsuits are made out of. So if keeps your food insulated for about 4 hours. It comes with the compartments for your beverage, and it opens up also to be an instant placemat. This is a great gift for only $20.
Lesley Ann Machado: If your dieter's excuse for not packing a salad is the messy dressing factor check this out. The Salad Blaster has a lid with a built in dressing reservoir. Fill it up, and with one press that tasty ingredient right into your greens. Then just shake and eat.
Here's a twist on brown bagging in. These grades are part of the Garden-in-Bag collection of herbs, fruits and vegetables, that you grow yourself. All you do is add water to the dried cans of soil and sprinkle the seeds on top. Now you can grow fresh garnishes any time of the year.
Lesley Ann Machado: For me it would be a whole lot easier to eat healthy if they weren't for the two men in my life names Ben & Jerry. Fortunately for us they know the power they have over us, so they've invented a pint lock. I know what a terribly cruel invention. But yes, it's great you just lockup your pint and change the combination. Now this is a great gift for those of you that have a spouse that's trying to diet or for that pesky roommate that keeps stealing your ice-cream. Unless of course you like me and you have a knife, of course, I'll get into it by the end of the show.
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