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Baskin Robbins Death Shake Has 2,300 Calories
Please, do not ever buy this 2,300 calorie shake from Baskin Robbins, which contains approximately half a pound of sugar. As Consumerist reader Doug points out,Last time I checked, an adult male should consume 2,500 calories a day, and this shake nearly meets that requirement! The saturated fat present in that shake is over 3 times the RDA of 20 grams, which will put you on the fast track for heart disease. Of course, that's if the Type 2 diabetes caused by all 266 grams of that sugar doesn't get you first.More »
fast food
Which Restaurants Are Making Your Kids Fat?
Unless your kid is named Hansel, he probably doesn't need to be fattened up like a juicy Christmas goose every time you go out to eat. That's not what some of the biggest restaurants think, though: Chili's has a kids' meal that comes in at 1,020 calories, while Burger King and KFC both offer meals that are over 900 calories. Your healthiest option, says the Center for Science in the Public Interest, is Subway. Here are what some other restaurants are offering, as well as tips on how to make the best of a bad meal when your kid is eating out. More »
checkers
When we posted our Ultimate Fast Food Nutrition Guide a few months ago, a couple readers pointed out that Checkers/Rally's, the chrome and neon double drive-thru hamburger joint, has refused to provide nutrition information to customers for years.
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Why Won't Checkers/Rally's Make Their Nutrition Information Available?
When we posted our Ultimate Fast Food Nutrition Guide a few months ago, a couple readers pointed out that Checkers/Rally's, the chrome and neon double drive-thru hamburger joint, has refused to provide nutrition information to customers for years.
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self-help
Succeed Through Self-Undermining!
Our post on freezing your credit cards in a block of ice got me thinking. Anything that slows, stops, or impedes making transactions can be used as a technique for limiting your spending. Whatever it may be, cutting up your credit cards, locking up most of your money in an account it takes 3 days to transfer from, giving yourself an allowance, it will be a variation on a single principle: It's easier to put a hard limit on the future then to make the right decision in the impulsive moment. Installing some kind of an automatic hiccup can help break you out of your desire-driven action and give you the breathing room to step back and make the right choice. So if you have trouble with overspending (or overeating or any kind of bad habit) and your sheer willpower is sometimes lacking, aka, you're human, try brainstorming ways you can trip yourself up. The world is full of obstacles, it shouldn't be too hard to find one.
diet
100 Calorie Packs Makes You Fat
Smaller-sized 100-calorie snack packs are supposed to help with weight loss, but the problem is they don't work. In an experiment published in the Journal of Consumer Research, subjects were primed to think about their body shape and then given bags of potato chips and placed in front of a TV. The group that was given nine small bags ate much more than those given two large bags, 46.1 grams vs 23.5. What's going on? It appears that the smaller size tricks people into thinking they're eating less, so they feel fine about chowing down more. Consumers may merrily consume the innocently small packages of Little Pleasures at an even higher pace,” wrote the study's authors, “leading to over-consumption.”
Overindulgence in Small Packages [NYT]
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nutrition
Taco Bell "Fresco" Bowl: 13g Of Fat or 8g? 350 Calories or 430?
Reader Todd finds Taco Bell's new "Fresco Style" menu confusing. On the menu the "Fresco" Zesty Chicken Border Bowl is listed at 8g of fat and 350 calories. If you enter the menu item into the nutrition information calculator on Taco Bell's website, the same item is 13g of fat and 430 calories. What gives? Why is this so confusing, Taco Bell?More »
I ordered the Zesty Chicken Border Bowl Fresco style without dressing. On the menu at the store, it reads under 9 grams of fat but on online, it reads 13 grams of fat. Please compare your special nutrition page for Fresco menu items to the Nutrition Calculator on the Taco Bell site. I made sure that I chose "Fresco Style" on the calculator and to be advertising something as under 9 grams of fat, but really having 13 is very misleading and wrong.
Target's in-house brand, Archer Farms, is going trans-fat free this year, announced the company today. The private label has over 2,000 products and "will be the first national store brand to eliminate added trans fats from its entire product line." "Now please," begged the CEO, "Come back and shop at our stores. It's not like we're Sears." [Reuters]
gouging you for your own good
Great News! Higher Gas Prices "Good" For You!
A new study from Washington University claims that "the 13 percent rise in obesity between 1979 and 2004 can be attributed to falling pump prices," and that if gas prices were raised by $1 more, obesity levels would drop by 15% over the next 5 years. Apparently the closer the cost of a gallon of gas comes to a monthly gym membership fee, the more gym-like qualities it magically takes on. More »
polls
Should We Unilaterally Ban Junk Food Advertising Targetting Children?
The New York Times reports that eleven huge food companies, in the face of regulatory intervention, lawsuits, and a forthcoming government study on childhood obesity, agreed to voluntarily withdraw junk food advertising from children's TV shows targeted at an under-12 audience.
But does it go far enough? TV is just one component of the advertising spectrum, and the industry's move won't apply to "family"-type shows.
Maybe we should treat treat junk food ads like cigarette ads...
