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If you're using any kind of tool like My Fitness Pal, or just looking things up the old fashioned way..what have been some of your biggest surprises in terms of calorie, fat, carb, sugar count? For instance, something you thought was relatively healthy?
For me it was my beloved Applebee's Fiesta Lime Chicken (but! it's chicken!):
Calories: 1,190
Fat grams: 65
Now this dish has a layer of cheese and sauce, so I knew it wasn't *really* healthy, but didn't think it would be THAT bad!
The sugar content in smoothies at Jamba Juice. Sometimes they have more than a regular soda. I just make smoothies at home. I don't count every calorie, I have a rough idea but if I counted each one I would go insane. More power to you, though!
The sugar content in smoothies at Jamba Juice. Sometimes they have more than a regular soda. I just make smoothies at home. I don't count every calorie, I have a rough idea but if I counted each one I would go insane. More power to you, though!
Jamba piles on the extra sugar. Most drinks are made of sherbert. They are peddling fruit heavy milkshakes.
If you get a smoothie made with plain yogurt, it isn't too bad. They don't make too many of those, but you can also sub the sherbert for plain, or even vanilla yogurt and cut down lots of the added sugar.
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....yeah the sweet stuff is everywhere...even in pickles....corn syrup in Clausens pickles. Really? Why?
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For me the amount of calories in peanuts, cashews, etc....suprised to see how high, considering nuts are supposed to be good for you....a healthier snack food.
And in junk food...a lot of calories packed into a littel bit of food (like Nutty Bars or Potato Skins).....
Last year I was getting these little pouches of spicy lentils at Costco - they came in a box of 6 or 8 pouches. I knew the calorie count was around 200 or 220 and I would eat them like chili with avocado, cilantro and lime juice....one day I looked at the label and the fat content was huge and butter was on the list of ingredients. That's why they tasted so good and why the portion was so small. So I gave the rest of the box away. I rarely eat packaged foods like that now - I just make a pot of lentils and add some spices and no fat.
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....yeah the sweet stuff is everywhere...even in pickles....corn syrup in Clausens pickles. Really? Why?
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For me the amount of calories in peanuts, cashews, etc....suprised to see how high, considering nuts are supposed to be good for you....a healthier snack food.
And in junk food...a lot of calories packed into a littel bit of food (like Nutty Bars or Potato Skins).....
Well, to pickle something you do need acid, salt and sugar. They just cheaped out and used corn syrup.
This doesn't have to do with calorie content, but I was surprised to see "Brominated Vegetable Oil" on the list of ingredients of Diet Mountain Dew. I had meant to google that to see what the heck it even is, but just decided my best bet was just not to drink it anymore!
I second the comments about extra sugar in everything. Especially yogurt - holy cow.
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