Worst Candy
TWIX (1 pckg)
280 calories, 27 g sugars, 14 g fat (11 g sat.)
Saturated Fat Equivalent: 11 strips of bacon
Eat This Instead:
100 GRAND (1 pckg)
190 calories, 22 g sugars, 8 g fat ( 5 g saturated)
Source: Eat This, Not That!
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Helllloooo? Echo… Echo…
Is this thing on? Tap, tap.
Things seem to be awfully… vacant… around here today. Liven’ up people! It’s Friday!
TRAIL MIX, DRIED FRUIT, AND MIXED NUTS
Eat This!
Sunsweet Pitted Prunes – 100 cal, 0 g fat, 12 g sugar, 3 g fiber – Per gram, prunes provide ewer calories, more fiber, and less sugar than raisins.
Sun-Maid Mixed Fruit – 100 cal, 0 g fat, 17 g sugar – Added sugars are totally unnecessary.
DAVID Roasted & Salted Pumpkin Seeds – 160 cal, 12 g fat, 0 g sugar, 940 mg sodium – full of manganese, magnesium, and iron.
Planters Mixed Nuts and Raisins Trail Mix – 150 cal, 11 g fat, 6 g sugar
Ocean Spray Craisins Orange Flavor – 98 cal, 0 g fat, 20 g sugar – Very few fruits can match the antioxidants in cranberries.
Emerald Mixed Nuts – 170 cal, 16 g fat, 1 g sugar – peanut-free.
Not That!
Sun-Maid Raisins – 130 cal, 0 g fat, 29 g sugar, 2 g fiber
Frito Lay Sunflower Seeds – 200 cal, 16 g fat, 150 mg sodium – add in the shells and the sodium jumps to 1,230 mg!!
Planters Mixed Nuts – 170 cal, 15 g fat, 1 g sugar – Lists peanuts as the main nut. Technically peanuts are legumes and are lower in healthy fats and antioxidants than more legitimate nuts.
Sun-Maid Vanilla Yogurt Cranberries – 120 cal, 3.5 g fat, 20 g sugar – Can you say candy?
Welch’s Mixed Fruit – 130 cal, 0 g fat, 21 g sugar
Planters Nut & Chocolate Trail Mix – 160 cal, 10 g fat, 13 g sugar – The sugar doubles when chocolate pieces sneak into the mix!
Source: Eat This, Not That! Kids.
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CORN CHIPS
Eat This
Guiltless Gourmet All Natural Chili Lime – 120 cal, 3 g fat, 200 mg sodium. Fewer ingredients, less fat, and double the fiber of Tostitos.
Que Pasa White Corn – 140 cal, 7 g fat, 50 mg sodium. One of the most reliable plain tortilla chips in the supermarket.
Snyder’s of Hanover MultiGrain – 130 calories, 5 g fat, 110 mg sodium. With 3 grams of fiber from whole corn and bran, this is the king of corn chips!
Funyuns – 140 cal, 7 g fat, 240 mg sodium. Puffs of air help keep damage to a minimum.
Sun Chips Originial – 140 cal, 6 g fat, 120 mg sodium. By using only whole grains, they keep your blood sugar stable and your belly felling fed.
Baked! Tostitos Scoops! – 120 cal, 3 g fat, 130 mg sodium. Half the fat of Fritos!
Baked! Doritos Nacho Cheese – 120 cal, 3.5 g fat, 220 mg sodium. Offer 2 g fiber.
Not That!
Natural Cheetos White Cheddar – 150 cal, 9 g fat, 290 mg sodium. The term “natural” means nothing in the eyes of the FDA.
Fritos Originial – 160 caolories, 10 g fat, 160 mg sodium.
Fritos Pinch of Salt – 160 calories, 10 g fat, 75 mg sodium. They may be light on sodium, but the still have 90 calories from fat.
Bugles Original – 160 calories, 9 g fat, 310 mg sodium. Each horn is nearly 50% saturated fat by weight!!
Tostitos Multigrain – 150 calories, 8 g fat, 135 mg sodium. Half the calories come from vegetable oil -enough to fill out each serving with a full gram of saturated fat.
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WORST CRUNCH SNACK
Gardetto’s Special Request Roasted Garlic Rye Chips (1/2 cup, 30 g)
160 calories, 10 g fat, 40 mg sodium
Each single serving exceeds the amount of trans fat deemed safe to consume daily by the American Heart Association.
Eat This Instead:
Snyder’s of Hanover Sourdough Nibblers (16 pieces, 30 g)
120 calories, 0 g fat, 200 mg sodium
Source: Eat This, Not That!
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This is more like an FYI… and a disgusting one at that. After reading this, you can thank me for helping you keep your caloric intake down for today. ;o)
The FDA allows certain amounts of *bonus* ingredients in our food, lucky us…
Canned Pineapple – Can contain up to 20 percent moldy fruit
Canned Tomatoes – Can contain up to 5 fly eggs or 2 maggots per 500 g
Frozen Broccoli – Can contain up to 60 mites per 100 g
Ground Cinnamon – Can contain up to 400 insect fragments & 11 rodent hairs per 50 g
Peanut Butter – Can contain up to 30 insect fragments or 1 rodent hair per 100 g
Popcorn – Can contain up to 1 rodent pellet in one sample or 2 rodent hairs per pound
Potato Chips – Can contain up to 6 percent rotten potatoes
Source: Eat This Not That
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Do y’all remember when Crooked Eyebrow posted a review on Eat This Not That, The Supermarket Survival Guide? I picked up the book while we were on vacation, and let me just say it is SO VERY INTERESTING. There are some complete shockers in there!
I thought I would share some of the information to help you make better food and drink choices. And since today is Saturday, what better place to start then… BEER!
DRINK THIS:
Michelob Ultra – 95 calories, 2.6 g carbs, 4.2% alcohol
Leinkenkugel’s Honey Weiss – 149 calories, 12 g carbs, 4.9% alcohol
Rolling Rock Extra Pale – 120 calories, 10 g carbs, 4.5% alcohol
Budweiser – 143 calories, 10.6 g carbs, 5% alcohol
Guinness Draught – 125 calories, 10 g carbs, 4% alcohol
NOT THAT!
Blue Moon – 171 calories, 12.9 g carbs, 5.4% alcohol
Bud Light – 110 calories, 6.6 g carbs, 4.2% alcohol
Budweiser American Ale – 182 calories, 18.1 g carbs, 5.3% alcohol
Sam Adams Light – 119 calories, 9.6 g carbs, 4% alcohol
Corona Extra – 148 calories, 14 g carbs, 4.6% alcohol
George Killian’s Irish Red – 163 calories, 13.8 g carbs, 4.9 % alcohol
Heineken – 166 calories, 9.8 g carbs, 5.4% alcohol
Source: Eat This Not That
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