Guide to Healthier Swaps of Your Childhood Favorites

From Ruffles and Gatorade to Cheez-Its, Uncrustables, Betty Crocker Frosting, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Diet Coke, and Doritos — we’re sharing 45+ better-for-you swaps for these nostalgic favorites

Welcome to the First Guide in Our August Wellness Series - Healthier Swaps of the Iconic Staples You Know and Love

This month, we’re revisiting the beloved products we all grew up with and relied on—from nostalgic snacks to personal care must-haves and household classics—and giving them a better-for-you upgrade.

Each week, we’re reimagining the familiar with clean, feel-good alternatives that actually work and support your long-term health, without sacrificing the comfort, taste, or ritual you love.

Here’s What’s Inside This 3-Part Series:

🍪 This Week: Healthier Swaps for Childhood Classics
From Ben & Jerry’s and Doritos to cookie aisle all-stars, we’re sharing better, for-you versions of the meals and snacks you loved as a kid. These upgraded picks skip the junk but keep the joy.

🧴 Week 2: Clean Swaps for Your Favorite Personal Care Staples
Think Old Spice, Aquaphor, Dove, Jergens Self Tanner. These go-to personal care products have been in our routines for years—now we're swapping them for cleaner alternatives that ditch the synthetic scents, endocrine disruptors, and harsh chemicals.

🕯️ Week 3: Clean Swap Guide to Household Favorites
Your go-to glass cleaner, cult-favorite candles, that signature laundry scent—we’re offering swaps that deliver the same cozy, clean-home vibes without the toxins.

This series is all about preserving the comfort and effectiveness of the classics, while evolving them to support how you want to feel today—and to nourish your long-term health.

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We’re kicking off Our August Wellness Series: Healthier Swaps of the Iconic Staples You Know and Love with something fun, nostalgic, and deeply practical: 45+ better-for-you versions of your childhood favorites—think Doritos, Coke, Cosmic Brownies, Tostitos, Ben & Jerry’s, Nutter Butters, Raisin Bran, Honey Nut Cheerios, Uncrustables, Ruffles, Fruit Roll-Ups, Teddy Grahams, and Coke.

This guide is kid-approved, too, featuring better-for-you swaps for snacks, desserts, breakfast favorites, condiments, and drinks they already know and love. And yes, they’re just as delicious as the originals!

This guide is packed with simple, realistic swaps to help you feel good and still enjoy the flavors you grew up loving.

And there’s more! We have teamed up with Grace Barker, the home chef and wellness creator behind Grace & Greens. Grace is all about helping people live healthier, more balanced lives through nourishing recipes and sustainable habits—and she’s using a few of the ingredients from this guide to craft delicious, upgraded takes on nostalgic favorites.

🌟 Subscribe now So you don’t miss Part 2 dropping tomorrow—a bonus recipe guide featuring Grace’s healthier twists on childhood classics like cosmic brownies, nachos, cookie dough bites, and even an Oreo McFlurry—made using some of the exact swaps from today’s guide!

Every swap is LFG-approved, meaning it’s made with real, whole-food ingredients and free from the artificial junk that drags us down.

1. Vandy Crisps Potato Chips

2. Jesse & Ben's House-Cut Tallow & Sea Salt Fries

3. Simple Mills Pop Cheddar

4. Simple Mills Honey Cinnamon Sweet Thins

5. Bear Fruit Rolls

6. MASA Tortilla Chips

7. Paleovalley 100% Grass Fed Beef Sticks

8. Smash Foods Peanut Butter & Concord Grape Jam Superfood Bites

9. Siete Nacho Chips

10. Siete Potato Chips Sea Salt Vinegar

11. Jacob Protein Bar

12. Gheelish Organic Popcorn

13. LesserEvil Himalayan Pink Salt Power Curls

1. Simple Mills, Cocoa Cashew Crème Sandwich Cookies

2. Ice Cream For Bears

3. Simple Mills Organic Frosting, Vanilla

4. Simple Mills Chocolate Chip Cookies

5. Simple Mills Creamy Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookie

6. Hu Simple Milk Chocolate Bar

7. Fine & Raw Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Spread

8. Simple Mills Almond Flour Baking Mix, Chocolate Brownie Mix

9. Simple Mills Soft Baked Chocolate Brownie

10. Fronen Vanilla Ice Cream

1. Simple Mills Almond Flour Pancake & Waffle Mix

2. Seven Sundays Cocoa Sunflower Cereal

3. Lovebird Cinnamon Cereal

4. Lovebird Honey O’s

5. Pur​ely Elizabeth Cereal Honey Peanut Butter

6. Purely Elizabeth Cinnamon Raisin Cereal

7. Cocoyo Raw Coconut Yogurt

1. Chosen Classic Mayo

2. Organic Coconut Aminos

3. Primal Kitchen Ranch Dressing

4. Smash Foods Grape Jam

5. Primal Kitchen, Spicy Brown Mustard

6. Organic Valley American Cheese Slices

7. Grillo's Pickles Classic Dill Pickle Spears

8. Primal Kitchen BBQ Sauce

9. Teddie All Natural Peanut Butter

10. Primal Kitchen, Spicy Brown Mustard

11. Primal Kitchen Caesar Salad Dressing

1. Just Ingredients Blue Hawaiian Electrolytes

2. Fresh Fizz Sodas Organic Soda

3. Malk Organic Almond Milk

4. Alexandre Eco Dairy Organic A2/A2 Whole Milk

5. Organic Valley Grassmilk Organic Half and Half

6. Just Ingredients Lemonade Electrolytes

7. Malk Chocolate Almond Malk

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This guide is for informational and educational purposes only. Product names and images are used under fair use for commentary and comparison. “LFG-approved” reflects personal standards, not medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making any changes to your health, diet, or lifestyle.

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