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The 20 Worst Packaged Foods in America
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FrostuTheNinja
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Sounds like I'm doing bacon wrapped Twix for my first mid afternoon snack.
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Hahaha! I didn't see this before my post. Bravo, sir!
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Hahaha! I didn't see this before my post. Bravo, sir!
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Jotamide
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Twix
I ate so many of those during my 2nd year of uni. D:
Here_Try_This
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Ha, that sounds nasty. Even as a teenager, I thought pizza rolls and hot pockets were gross.
But yea, Mr. P's is a totino's knockoff. Still prepackaged food, so it counts dammit!
Holy fuck at Twix! I used to eat ALOT of twix back in high school. No wonder I got so fat!
And I would eat twix over Mars as two sticks of Twix had led calories than one bar of Mars. Now I see the trans fat more than made up for that.
Haven't had it for more than 2 years now. Once you eat dark chocolate, all other chocolate tastes too sweet now. Even now I only eat about one square of dark a day.
And I would eat twix over Mars as two sticks of Twix had led calories than one bar of Mars. Now I see the trans fat more than made up for that.
Haven't had it for more than 2 years now. Once you eat dark chocolate, all other chocolate tastes too sweet now. Even now I only eat about one square of dark a day.
Davey Cakes
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I don't think I've eaten anything on that list except for Twix. At one point I may have had the Haagen Dazs peanut butter ice cream but I'm not sure.
Just recently I had Haagen Dazs Rum Raisin, Coconut Pineapple, and Espresso Chip flavors. I don't even look at the nutrition labels. Their ice cream is so rich that a single scoop's worth (or less, even) is satisfying. Some ice creams aren't fulfilling without 2-3 scoop's worth, IMO.
Just recently I had Haagen Dazs Rum Raisin, Coconut Pineapple, and Espresso Chip flavors. I don't even look at the nutrition labels. Their ice cream is so rich that a single scoop's worth (or less, even) is satisfying. Some ice creams aren't fulfilling without 2-3 scoop's worth, IMO.
But this is a thread about how terrible pre-packaged food can be. Is this not a perfectly appropriate place for saying that?
I grew up on stuff like this, but now avoid it as much as possible. I wouldn't insult anybody who does eat pre-packaged food along these lines, but I think it's definitely a life change that you'll feel good about if you do it.
Always-honest
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Oh dam.... Twix is THAT bad?.....
Who cares about the worst food nutritionally, and I mean that in the way that we all have the ability to read the nutrition label and find out all those values.
I was expecting this article to be about the worst tasting, utter shit that gets sold.
Stuff like this:
90 cent meals that are completely inedible, Banquet is one of the worst brand names when it comes to food.
I was expecting this article to be about the worst tasting, utter shit that gets sold.
Stuff like this:
90 cent meals that are completely inedible, Banquet is one of the worst brand names when it comes to food.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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Where's that Hungry Man that has two days worth of sodium or so?
It was probably a Hungry Man XL type of meal.
Black Door
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If you were worried about your health that badly, then you wouldn't be eating TV dinners.
Still beats horsemeat, though
Still beats horsemeat, though
HappyBivouac
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Give me a fucking break. All the sensationalist "Don't eat this! YOU WILL DIE" bullshit needs to end. Maybe get off your ass and exercise at least a minimal amount and eat whatever you want. No shit if you eat this crap at every meal you'll feel horrible, but an occasional frozen pizza or shamrock shake isn't going to kill you.
Who cares about the worst food nutritionally, and I mean that in the way that we all have the ability to read the nutrition label and find out all those values.
I was expecting this article to be about the worst tasting, utter shit that gets sold.
Stuff like this:
90 cent meals that are completely inedible, Banquet is one of the worst brand names when it comes to food.
Yeah, I thought this thread was going to be about the 20 worst tasting packaged meals. Surprised not to see this in the thread so far.
HappyBivouac
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They recommend Edy's over Haagen Dazs because it has less fat. Fuck them.
ClassyPenguin
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That peanut butter chocolate ice cream is so fucking good.
And well no shit that it's bad for you but I'm not downing a pint of ice cream a day or even a month.
You can enjoy shit food without much detriment to your health. You don't have to micro manage every little thing in your diet to be healthy.
And well no shit that it's bad for you but I'm not downing a pint of ice cream a day or even a month.
You can enjoy shit food without much detriment to your health. You don't have to micro manage every little thing in your diet to be healthy.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
Fuck the Twix hate. I'm gonna go eat one just to spite the author. I ain't even craving but fuck 'em.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
There's a fantastic book series that does nothing but this called Eat This, Not That. My parents keep the fast food/chain restaurant versions in the car for road trips, they tell you the best and worst things to eat at each place with detailed breakdowns of calories, sodium, fat and specifically why they're bad.
ClassyPenguin
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The fast food recommendations are actually pretty good.
What's so terrible about horse meat?
Escape Goat
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Totinos Pizza rolls have 1g of trans fat in them. I can't eat them now that I know that.
PigSpeakers
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Gonna go eat a twix.
Here lies PigSpeakers. Loved by himself. Died eating a Twix bar.
Is that dog chow sprinkled on top?
Lol same.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Pretty much this.
SillyEskimo
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This book series is a highly entertaining and educational read. It covers pretty much everything out there, including everything mentioned in this thread so far.
Davey Cakes
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Right? Just eat less at a time. It's pretty obvious that Haagen is richer without looking at a label.
Escape Goat
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how much sodium is in one of those?
I have no idea (none in my fridge at the moment). But I would guess a lot. They're horrible for you. :/
GraveRobberX
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Funny I just had 2 Twixs
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Clairvoyance
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You're going to die now.
RandomDancing
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I used to eat a Twix bar almost every day in high school out of our "snack closet" where they sold candy for like 50 cents. And somehow, I weighed less then than I do now.
lunchtoast
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I wish Tombstone still made the stuffed crust pizza.
Starwolf_UK
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The thing about having a buying guide like that in book form is the contents of these meals can change for various reasons*. It seems like an idea better suited for a website (and there are various databases of nutrition out there). Unless there is a website form too...
*-A while ago here in the UK there was this idea of having traffic light nutrition labeling on the packaging (so high content is labeled red). A few retailers bothered and they tried getting foods on the border of red or amber into lower and sometimes the trade-off wasn't worth it from a taste perspective. They also noticed consumer buying habits changed as a result of the labeling.
vas_a_morir
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I'm in the mood for horsemeat.
You just do not respect your body. No biggie, that will change if/when problems start arising.
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