You're in the car all day it seems -- for business, chores, even vacations.It's hard to eat while on the road, much less eat right, but it can be done. Sowhat are some good food selections for driving? Fruits and vegetables would beat the top of my list. Lower-fat dairy products work well, too (keep cold inthe car, invest in a car cooler!) along with whole grains and nuts. Lean meatsare a nice addition, too, if you can keep them well chilled in the car (such asa turkey breast sandwich on a whole grain bagel).

Take-Along Snacks

The following tote-able take-along snacks must be easy to carry, easy to eaton the road, (some may require being kept in an ice chest though) and bereasonably healthful. What does this mean? It means it can't have too much fator sugar. This rules out many of the snacks we are so tempted to take with uslike those crackers and cheese snacks or those gummy fruit snacks, chewygranola bars and fruit filled breakfast bars -- which list sugar as their firstingredient.

Crackers: (containing canola oil or soybean oil)

• Pretzel Rods3 Rods contain 120 calories, 1 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 1 g fiber(First three ingredients are flour, water, partially hydrogenated soybeanoil)
• Reduced Fat Wheat Thins1 ounce or 16 crackers contain 130 calories, 4 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 1 gfiber(First three ingredients are flour, partially hydrogenated soybean oil anddefatted wheat germ)
• Reduced Fat Triscuit1 ounce or 7 wafers contain 120 calories, 3 g fat, 0.5 g saturated fat, 4 gfiber(First three ingredients are whole wheat, partially hydrogenated soybean oil,salt)

Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars

These are the only granola bars I found that use canola oil and don't listsugar as the first ingredient!

• Oats 'N Honey or Cinnamon2 bars give you 180 calories, 6 grams fat (0.5 g saturated fat), 29 gcarbohydrate, and 2 grams fiber(First three ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, canola oil)
• Peanut Butter2 bars give you 180 calories, 6 grams fat (1 g saturated fat), 29 gcarbohydrate, and 2 grams fiber(First three ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, canola oil)

Fresh Fruit

I think the trick to making fresh fruit appealing is to keep it cold. So ifyou freeze some grapes or keep your apple or orange wedges well-chilled in thecar, taking them out for a nice afternoon snack will be particularlyrefreshing. Because fruits don't have a lot of fat they don't contain largeamounts of omega-6 nor omega 3s. Cantaloupe, however, contains a nice littledose of some omega-3s.

• Orange Segments (chilled)1 cup contains 85 calories, no fat, 3.5 grams fiber (and 30% of the Daily Valuefor folic acid, 160% for vitamin C, and 9% for calcium)
• Cantaloupe Cubes (chilled)1 cup contains 56 calories, 0.4 grams fat, 1.3 grams fiber (and 64% Daily Valuefor vitamin A, 15% Daily Value for folic acid, 113% Daily Value for vitaminC)