Comments on: Food Fight http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/ Respect Your Food. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:08:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jordan http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3153 Jordan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:56:23 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3153 Oops, I wrote "fight" instead of "fat." Duh! :-) Oops, I wrote “fight” instead of “fat.” Duh! :-)

]]> By: Cindy Moore http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3094 Cindy Moore Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:10:09 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3094 You're right, I mis-read it. I'd bet on my diet site the onion would win! There was actually one for choosing a 6 ounce steak vs shrimp (didn't say how prepared, but I believe it's broiled). The shrimp won because it's lower in fat (especially that "artery clogging" saturated fat) and a smaller serving. You’re right, I mis-read it. I’d bet on my diet site the onion would win!

There was actually one for choosing a 6 ounce steak vs shrimp (didn’t say how prepared, but I believe it’s broiled). The shrimp won because it’s lower in fat (especially that “artery clogging” saturated fat) and a smaller serving.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3088 Jordan Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:02:59 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3088 Cindy, if I'm not mistaken, they have the steak as having less calories and fight than the Bloomin' Onion. Cindy, if I’m not mistaken, they have the steak as having less calories and fight than the Bloomin’ Onion.

]]> By: Cindy Moore http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3084 Cindy Moore Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:49:28 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3084 Got it Scott! I had to switch over to IE to see it. This is the danger of just looking at calories and fat. On a diet site I belong to they have what the call a "food showdown". The foods they compare are often idiotic.....is a Burger King dessert better than a MacDonalds one....but they ONLY look at total fat and total calories! So an example like the bloomin onion VS the steak, the onion would win!! (as it does in this!) Stupid, stupid, stupid. It's like when you see a recipe that has you remove all the fat, then add in some kind of carbohydrate to make it palatable! Yes, fat has more calories per gram, but it also fills you up and keeps you full better. Oh and we need fat, we don't need carbs. Got it Scott! I had to switch over to IE to see it.

This is the danger of just looking at calories and fat. On a diet site I belong to they have what the call a “food showdown”. The foods they compare are often idiotic…..is a Burger King dessert better than a MacDonalds one….but they ONLY look at total fat and total calories! So an example like the bloomin onion VS the steak, the onion would win!! (as it does in this!)

Stupid, stupid, stupid. It’s like when you see a recipe that has you remove all the fat, then add in some kind of carbohydrate to make it palatable! Yes, fat has more calories per gram, but it also fills you up and keeps you full better. Oh and we need fat, we don’t need carbs.

]]> By: Scott Kustes http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3082 Scott Kustes Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:46:31 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3082 Cindy, click on the image and it'll open in a new window where you can blow it up to full size. And yes, the lobster is the right choice. Cheers Scott Cindy, click on the image and it’ll open in a new window where you can blow it up to full size. And yes, the lobster is the right choice.

Cheers
Scott

]]> By: Cindy Moore http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3072 Cindy Moore Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:04:16 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3072 Too blurry to read....please tell me the lobster is the right choice! Too blurry to read….please tell me the lobster is the right choice!

]]> By: Migraineur http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3070 Migraineur Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:16:19 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/18/food-fight/#comment-3070 Funny you should publish this. When I saw it in Consumer Reports (its original source), I thought, "Why the heck can't Consumer Reports stick to product reviews and leave nutrition to the experts?" Not that I am not skeptical of the experts, of course. Funny you should publish this. When I saw it in Consumer Reports (its original source), I thought, “Why the heck can’t Consumer Reports stick to product reviews and leave nutrition to the experts?” Not that I am not skeptical of the experts, of course.

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