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VacMan · 05-27-2008, 06:22 PM

Hey everyone,

I like to buy my veggies and other food locally grown, and organic if possible.

So I stopped by a local farmers market kind of thing that I found while driving around.

It had good produce at reasonable prices so I picked some up.

At the counter when I was checking out I noticed they had a variety of "healthy" snacks...

So I took a look...

And wow was I shocked by what their definition of "healthy" was.

Specifically, a "Chocolate Chip Cookie" caught my eye. It had all sorts of packaging and marketing that said that it was:
-Vegan
-Wheat & Gluten free
-Only good sweeteners
-Canola Oil
-Good source of protein
-Etc.

Now that by itself is pretty good, but when I checked out the nutritional facts...

450 calories for 3 ounces!

My goodness! Talk about busting your diet for "healthy" food!

I wrote more about it on my blog, and there's a couple pictures of the "healthy cookie" there too. (I couldn't resist. I had to buy it just so I could take some pics and write about it on the blog.)

Anyhow, what's the lesson?

Even if the bag says it's healthy, check the nutrition facts anyway!

Here's the pics: (and the blog entry)
Is Healthy Food Making You Fat? | Yummy Fitness

Have fun!

05-27-2008, 06:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
VacMan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 250	Is Healthy Food Making You Fat? Hey everyone, I like to buy my veggies and other food locally grown, and organic if possible. So I stopped by a local farmers market kind of thing that I found while driving around. It had good produce at reasonable prices so I picked some up. At the counter when I was checking out I noticed they had a variety of "healthy" snacks... So I took a look... And wow was I shocked by what their definition of "healthy" was. Specifically, a "Chocolate Chip Cookie" caught my eye. It had all sorts of packaging and marketing that said that it was: -Vegan -Wheat & Gluten free -Only good sweeteners -Canola Oil -Good source of protein -Etc. Now that by itself is pretty good, but when I checked out the nutritional facts... 450 calories for 3 ounces! My goodness! Talk about busting your diet for "healthy" food! I wrote more about it on my blog, and there's a couple pictures of the "healthy cookie" there too. (I couldn't resist. I had to buy it just so I could take some pics and write about it on the blog.) Anyhow, what's the lesson? Even if the bag says it's healthy, check the nutrition facts anyway! Here's the pics: (and the blog entry) Is Healthy Food Making You Fat? \| Yummy Fitness Have fun!