The 10 Worst Snack Foods

min0 lee · 02-04-2005, 08:52 PM

* Read this today, thought I should share.*

Enter any convenience store in the United States and you'll quickly spot an array of so-called foods that could have come straight off the request list on Lil' Bow Wow's concert rider (I did not make this up. The young rapper's contract states that he must have the following foods backstage: Twizzlers, Doritos, Sprite, Starbursts, Hawaiian Punch and orange soda). But hey, Bow Wow's no worse than Britney, Christina or any teen in any mall anywhere in America. Or their parents.

Snack food in America seems to become more horrible with every passing year. Here's my list of the worst snack foods of all time. (But be forewarned: This list could become outdated the minute the food industry introduces yet another must-have concoction of sugar, chemicals, coloring and grease to add pounds to your waistline while adding nothing to your nutrition.)

1. French Fries

Don't be reassured by the fact that McDonald's is changing its cooking oil. French fries are still starchy white potatoes cooked in hot fat and flavored with chemicals and sugar. Possibly the worst snack food on the planet.

2. Donuts

Fried bread. Need I say more? And if that wasn't bad enough, add a sugary cream filling and a glaze of more sugar on top. Any questions?

3. Chips (Potato or Corn)

These are really just a packaged version of French fries (see #1). However, you can do damage control on this one by switching to baked blue corn chips, available in health food stores. It's still not real food, but it beats the 7-Eleven version any day.

4. Soda

And sorry, this includes the diet kind. Absolutely nothing of any value here, and a whole lot of chemicals to boot.

5. Cupcakes and Snack Cakes

The creamy filling is fake whipped cream, and the rest of it is sugar, flour and flavoring. You've gotta be kidding.

6. Candy Bars

You might squeeze a gram or two of protein out of the nuts in some of them, but by and large they're a sugar orgy and a nutrition nightmare. Again, you can move slightly up the food chain by switching to one of the "energy" bars. Most are just candy bars disguised as health food but they often have 1/3 less calories, quite a bit more protein and a bit less fat. Don't confuse them with real food though.

7. Pork Rinds

Fried pork skin. Not a good thing!

8. Fat-Free Cookies

These are even more insidious because they pretend to be healthy. Remember, fat-free doesn't equal calorie free. Betcha can't eat just one!

9. Crackers

Trans-fats anyone? Most crackers are loaded with 'em. Read your labels carefully to find the few that aren't.

10. Pretzels

Surprise, surprise. Remember, just because something doesn't have fat doesn't make it good. This is just white flour, water and sugar masquerading as a healthy snack. Fuggedaboutit.

Runner up: Those creamy, carmelly, coconutty coffee mocha-latte-frappe drinks that are taking over the universe. I love my Starbucks too, but 20 ounces of caffeine, sugar, whipped cream and milk taken once or twice a day does not a lean waistline make!

And yes, the calories you drink count.

BritChick · 02-04-2005, 08:55 PM

Life's a bitch!!!

JLB001 · 02-04-2005, 09:02 PM

Then ya die...

Pylon · 02-04-2005, 09:12 PM

There's sugar in french fries?

derekisdman · 02-05-2005, 12:23 AM

I'm suprised crisco sugar balls weren't on there. They're one of my favorites.

ericnb_98 · 02-05-2005, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by min0 lee

You might squeeze a gram or two of protein out of the nuts
but by and large they're a sugar orgy

j/k

XcelKrush · 02-05-2005, 07:25 AM

I can relate to coffee being on there. At school we have all our blonde, self obsessed girls who care so much about how they look. So what do they do? They dont eat and stick to the staple foods like rockstars and starbucks blends. Kinda of funny watching someone consume a huge amount of sugar all day thinking that theyre eating healthy. Meanwhile Im trying to eat between every class, everday, just to maintain.

sara · 02-05-2005, 07:28 AM

I need to post this on another forum where they believe crackers are good for cutting

Pylon · 02-05-2005, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sara

I need to post this on another forum where they believe crackers are good for cutting

Tell them that I can attest, speaking as a cracker...I don't help much. But they can eat me if they like.

greekblondechic · 02-05-2005, 08:34 AM

Crackers are good for nausea and heartburn tho.

min0 lee · 02-05-2005, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by min0 lee

9.Crackers

Trans-fats anyone? Most crackers are loaded with 'em. Read your labels carefully to find the few that aren't.

By Dr. Joseph Mercola
with Rachael Droege

Trans fatty acids, also known as trans fat, is an artery-clogging fat that is formed when vegetable oils are hardened into margarine or shortening. It is found in many other foods besides margarine and shortening, however, including fried foods like french fries and fried chicken, doughnuts, cookies, pastries and crackers. In the United States, typical french fries have about 40 percent trans fatty acids and many popular cookies and crackers range from 30 percent to 50 percent trans fatty acids. Doughnuts have about 35 percent to 40 percent trans fatty acids

Luke9583 · 02-05-2005, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greekblondechic

Crackers are good for nausea and heartburn tho.

You have a stange deffinition for 'good'

j rizz · 02-05-2005, 10:22 AM

its all propaganda.. all those foods are very nutrious.
if they werent good for you.. do u think the FDA would let people consume those foods. i mean come on look at the good job they did letting us consume Ephedra and Aspartame.

ihateschoolmt · 02-05-2005, 10:31 AM

How are pretzels in the top ten there's way worse stuff than pretzels.

sara · 02-05-2005, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by min0 lee

By Dr. Joseph Mercola
with Rachael Droege

Trans fatty acids, also known as trans fat, is an artery-clogging fat that is formed when vegetable oils are hardened into margarine or shortening. It is found in many other foods besides margarine and shortening, however, including fried foods like french fries and fried chicken, doughnuts, cookies, pastries and crackers. In the United States, typical french fries have about 40 percent trans fatty acids and many popular cookies and crackers range from 30 percent to 50 percent trans fatty acids. Doughnuts have about 35 percent to 40 percent trans fatty acids

Do you want to give them a lecture? I don't mind

sara · 02-05-2005, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j rizz

its all propaganda.. all those foods are very nutrious.
if they werent good for you.. do u think the FDA would let people consume those foods. i mean come on look at the good job they did letting us consume Ephedra and Aspartame.

It's called MONEY

Luke9583 · 02-05-2005, 11:49 AM

Sara's a Smart girl

Jill · 02-05-2005, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j rizz

i mean come on look at the good job they did letting us consume Ephedra and Aspartame.

2 staples in my diet

**Jodi** · 02-05-2005, 01:35 PM

In this months IronMag Newsletter, I did a little write up on transfat.

min0 lee · 02-05-2005, 02:05 PM

With respect to Jodi.

Quote:

Jodi's Diet Corner

Stay Away From Trans Fatty Acids

Remember when the big thing was everyone ranting how bad Saturated Fat was? How it was going to kill us and cause coronary heart disease and we were all going to die because we eat eggs and beef. And how about those packaged Twinkies that are cooked in palm oil or lard? We were doomed! Ahhhhhh!

Never fear we have liquid vegetable oil. Except...hmmmm, it’s not stable enough and it turns rancid, what do we do now? Ah ha! We will hydrogenate these liquid vegetable oils. Now that’s an idea! Let’s hydrogenate these oils so they handle the food production better and have longer shelf life.

Wow, what an idea that was. Now look where it got us. Heart disease is worse now than when they were using saturated fats. It took them this long to discover that as a result of hydrogenation, trans fatty acids are formed.

Trans Fatty Acids are found in most prepared packaged foods such as cookies, cakes, crackers, boxed meals, microwave popcorn and commercially fried foods. Basically, any package that lists the ingredients hydrogenated, partially-hydrogenated vegetable oils or shortening has trans fat in it.

Trans fatty acids lower HDL and increase LDL therefore increasing the risk of heart disease. There are also recent studies showing that trans fat may linked to Type II Diabetes (Adult Onset Diabetes) as well.

Don’t be afraid of fat and be sure to get enough essential fatty acids. Just make sure your diet has as little Trans Fatty Acids as possible. Your heart will thank you!

Be sure to read Jodi's "sticky thread" in the forums: Guide to Cutting, Bulking & Maintenance

sara · 02-05-2005, 02:18 PM

Im going to start reading the monthly newsletter

Lomac · 02-06-2005, 01:05 AM

You know what they say,
Any food without an expiration date won't support microbial life,
Hence it won't support any life at all.

b_reed23 · 02-06-2005, 09:01 PM

hey...what about plain microwave popcorn?? Is it as bad as pretzels, etc...nevermind that I could eat a whole bag....lmao....

BruiseKnee · 02-06-2005, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j rizz

its all propaganda.. all those foods are very nutrious.
if they werent good for you.. do u think the FDA would let people consume those foods. i mean come on look at the good job they did letting us consume Ephedra and Aspartame.

the FDA wants people to become fat. WHY? because fat people eat more.

Edit: i should say, fat people tend to eat more of those "foods"

sara · 02-06-2005, 09:33 PM

So they can sell more drugs

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min0 lee Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Bronx, NYC Posts: 33,683 Blog Entries: 3 Photos: 542	The 10 Worst Snack Foods * Read this today, thought I should share.* Enter any convenience store in the United States and you'll quickly spot an array of so-called foods that could have come straight off the request list on Lil' Bow Wow's concert rider (I did not make this up. The young rapper's contract states that he must have the following foods backstage: Twizzlers, Doritos, Sprite, Starbursts, Hawaiian Punch and orange soda). But hey, Bow Wow's no worse than Britney, Christina or any teen in any mall anywhere in America. Or their parents. Snack food in America seems to become more horrible with every passing year. Here's my list of the worst snack foods of all time. (But be forewarned: This list could become outdated the minute the food industry introduces yet another must-have concoction of sugar, chemicals, coloring and grease to add pounds to your waistline while adding nothing to your nutrition.) 1. French Fries Don't be reassured by the fact that McDonald's is changing its cooking oil. French fries are still starchy white potatoes cooked in hot fat and flavored with chemicals and sugar. Possibly the worst snack food on the planet. 2. Donuts Fried bread. Need I say more? And if that wasn't bad enough, add a sugary cream filling and a glaze of more sugar on top. Any questions? 3. Chips (Potato or Corn) These are really just a packaged version of French fries (see #1). However, you can do damage control on this one by switching to baked blue corn chips, available in health food stores. It's still not real food, but it beats the 7-Eleven version any day. 4. Soda And sorry, this includes the diet kind. Absolutely nothing of any value here, and a whole lot of chemicals to boot. 5. Cupcakes and Snack Cakes The creamy filling is fake whipped cream, and the rest of it is sugar, flour and flavoring. You've gotta be kidding. 6. Candy Bars You might squeeze a gram or two of protein out of the nuts in some of them, but by and large they're a sugar orgy and a nutrition nightmare. Again, you can move slightly up the food chain by switching to one of the "energy" bars. Most are just candy bars disguised as health food but they often have 1/3 less calories, quite a bit more protein and a bit less fat. Don't confuse them with real food though. 7. Pork Rinds Fried pork skin. Not a good thing! 8. Fat-Free Cookies These are even more insidious because they pretend to be healthy. Remember, fat-free doesn't equal calorie free. Betcha can't eat just one! 9. Crackers Trans-fats anyone? Most crackers are loaded with 'em. Read your labels carefully to find the few that aren't. 10. Pretzels Surprise, surprise. Remember, just because something doesn't have fat doesn't make it good. This is just white flour, water and sugar masquerading as a healthy snack. Fuggedaboutit. Runner up: Those creamy, carmelly, coconutty coffee mocha-latte-frappe drinks that are taking over the universe. I love my Starbucks too, but 20 ounces of caffeine, sugar, whipped cream and milk taken once or twice a day does not a lean waistline make! And yes, the calories you drink count.

02-04-2005, 08:55 PM	#2
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02-05-2005, 10:31 AM	#14
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Lomac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SLC, Utah Posts: 49 Photos: 3	You know what they say, Any food without an expiration date won't support microbial life, Hence it won't support any life at all.

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