10-26-2004, 05:43 AM
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Halloween treats?
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What do health nuts give out for Halloween?
07:44 PM CDT on Monday, October 25, 2004
By MICHAEL PRECKER / The Dallas Morning News
Larry North, one of Dallas' leading diet and fitness gurus, used to reward trick-or-treaters with nutrition bars or granola.
"You know, health-oriented stuff," he says.
Then one Halloween night about six years ago, Mr. North overheard a mom directing her kids on their hunt for goodies.
"She said, 'Don't go there – that's Larry North's house. They won't have anything good.' "So the author and health club owner reconsidered the issue.
"We're big on Halloween, and we want people to enjoy coming to our house," he says. "I ate a lot of candy as a kid and I turned out all right.
"So now we give out the biggest, fattest, sugary-est candy bars money can buy."
Is that good nutrition? Of course not. But it's also a special occasion.
"Everybody knows that bad food choices on a holiday don't count," Mr. North jokes.
Not everybody goes along with that philosophy, according to an informal, unscientific survey. Here's a preview of what to expect if you knock on the doors of some of our locally prominent healthy lifestyle folks this Halloween:
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I've been trying to figure this out for this year. I don't remember the last time I did the Halloween thing, and I don't want to buy candy 'cause I'll eat it. Does anyone here have suggestions?
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