Is It Worth It?

Is It Worth It?

It is noon and you are hungry. You ate breakfast who knows how many hours ago, and you aren't even sure if that tiny granola bar counts. As you are walking around looking at you choices for lunch, various aromas compete for your attention. Your stomach grumbles in anger and impatience. You smell the delicious sent of freshly made French fries coming from a nearby McDonald's. Then, your nose alerts you to the zesty scent of orange chicken coming from a Panda Express. You settle for a nearby Taco Bell. You order you food and inhale it as soon as you sit down. Finally, your stomach has settled, your nose no longer tracks each smell it picks up, and your brain provides you dopamine that gives you a nice, satisfied grin in your face. Now, what about that waistline you were watching? What about your sugar and salt intake? How about maintaining that 2,000 calorie daily limit? Was eating all that fast food worth it? Did you even think about all of that? Exactly

Don’t worry. You aren't supposed to think about the tasty foods you are eating. According to Michael Moss’ Salt, Sugar, Fat even Stephen Sanger, a former General Mills CEO, stated, as the voice of a consumer, Don’t talk to me about nutrition, talk to me about taste, and if this stuff tastes better, don’t run around trying to sell stuff that doesn't taste good. This blog will help you do just that. It will provide you with a visual break down of the salt, sugar, and fat content of common fast foods. Or rather, tasty fast foods. The findings are something that even the most informed and health-conscious student will find troubling...

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Fresh off the Wok!

It is very probable that, wherever you are, there is at least one Asian fast food restaurant in your area. It is also probable that you have gone and eaten there a couple of times already. Don't feel bad though. Who can resist all the savory foods it offers. Choices like white rice, fried rice, lo mein, chow mein, Teriyaki or Honey Fire chicken, and many other options, make it irresistible. One such place is called Nao and Zen. It offers stir fry dishes with a choose-your-ingredients servicing style.

Chicken and white rice stir fry with assorted vegetables and honey fire sauce.

 Now, you may say, that doesn't look delicious at all. Well, let's take a closer look.

Are you salivating yet?

Yes, it tasted as delicious as it looks. Also, to some surprise, its salt, sugar, and fat content wasn't bad, without the soda that is.

From left to right: 193mg of salt, 28g of sugar, and 60g of total fat.
Wow, this might be the  healthiest dish so far! Though these values are not necessarily correct, seeing that Nao and Zen does not actually have a published nutrition sheet. Read the Nao and Zen page for more info!

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