1. Posted by Jenni on Fri, Mar 13, 2009, 7:09 pm PDT
I'm shocked that those little Snapeas Crisps things have so much fat in them. And they look so innocent too!!
I've never seen them in any stores around me, though.
2. Posted by roseanya@att.net on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:09 pm PDT
I'd like to see meals with enough veggies to fill you up--you know in the prepackaged meals for one at least. 1/4 cup veggies is just not enough. How about 3/4 cup green beans and cut back on the sauce a bit.
4. Posted by TheNewCC on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:16 pm PDT
Some of these foods may not be as healthy as they appear, but your article is misleading because it fails to mention the protein content of these foods and you don't specify the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats. Not all fat is bad for you.
7. Posted by x_urface_x on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:24 pm PDT
I really, really don't get why everyone's so paranoid about eating fat and calories. You can eat anything you want, just some things need to be eaten in moderation.
10. Posted by jessica c on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:28 pm PDT
wow... thoz snap pea crisps are my sisters favorite snax. my parents let her eat em as an afternoon snak... not nemore i guess... i guess shes goin back to ol' skool status- veggies and fruits.
12. Posted by frogkickfrolic on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:35 pm PDT
LOL... snacking on baked pea pods? Seriously? How about an APPLE... or a banana?... or any other fruit, which, by the way, will still have almost as many calories as a serving of those pea pod things.
13. Posted by frogkickfrolic on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:38 pm PDT
LOL... snacking on pea pods? Seriously? How about an APPLE... or a banana?... or any other kind of fruit, which, by the way, will have almost as many calories as a serving of those pea pod things.
15. Posted by PurpleTheCrescentMoon on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:43 pm PDT
Wow! What a breakthrough [insert sarcasm here]. Most of these are no brainers. Also; why not give us the serving size? If the Snapea Crisps are 150 calories for 1 cup, one could easily cut that in half. If it's 150 for like three of them, then it's a bit much. And for Jamba Juice...you basically picked the fattiest thing on their menu. It has Bananas, Chocolate, and Peanut Butter. Of course it's not healthy!
16. Posted by the informed consumer on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:45 pm PDT
I can't believe anyone is shocked by this information. Don't you people read the nutrition and ingredient labels before you buy??? If you truly are concerned about what you eat, then read the labels before you stuff your face, and, as someone else said, eat in moderation. Anyone heard of common sense?
18. Posted by Sooz on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 2:50 pm PDT
x_urface_x , I think you missed the point of the list. It was "Hey, these things are deceptive, take a 2nd look." Not, "Don't eat fat and calories!!!"
You need some fat in your diet, of course - no one's saying you don't. And calories! Cut them out entirely and you die.
22. Posted by accprof@att.net on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 3:16 pm PDT
As an English teacher, I get steamed (as in angry, not as in steamed veggies) by people who confuse the words "healthy" and "healthful." Food is HEALTHFUL and thus makes people "HEALTHY." For example, carrots can't be healthy; they're dead! But eating them makes us healthy. Be careful with your English, please!
23. Posted by amiee on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 3:21 pm PDT
come on ladies use common sense-NO breadings are lowfat-no breads or pastries-no creams NOT REALLY-it's all moderation and exercise. FRESH VEGGIES are best especially home grown-SPRING IS COMING do a garden or buy from local farmers. Store food is all designed to get attention it's filled with perseratives-THINK and EAT. Just a little at a time.
24. Posted by a/c man on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 3:32 pm PDT
I have never seen any of these on the Mc Donalds menu,they must be on their dollar menu,I don't eat that cheap stuff anyway just the Combos,cause they're healthy for you.
25. Posted by laura e on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 3:36 pm PDT
they taste so bad you won't eat even a whole one, so you won't be eating too much fat. they were giving out samples at the store the most horrible tasting things ever, I'll bet they didn't sell a single bag.
26. Posted by PurpleTheCrescentMoon on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 3:50 pm PDT
"Healthy" and "healthful" are synonymous:
Healthy-
–adjective, health⋅i⋅er, health⋅i⋅est.
1. possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of good health, or a sound and vigorous mind: a healthy appearance; healthy attitudes.
3. conducive to good health; healthful: healthy recreations.
4. prosperous or sound: a healthy business.
5. Informal. fairly large: I bought a healthy number of books.
I would like to direct your attention to number 3 "accprof@att.net". It's used it this context all the time. Be careful with your pretentiousness, please!
27. Posted by Lainey on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 3:39 pm PDT
WHY DOES YAHOO always feature articles that bash healthfood? A few weeks ago it was an article that multi vitamins don't do any good. (Wrong! And the Dr. had no supporting evidence!) And then a few days after that, there was a picture of a boy eating cooked carrots with a headline saying something to the effect, "Vegetables may not be as good for us as we think . . " And now this article. Why aren't there articles about the junk in all that fruit juice we give our kids - some of it even boasting "with real juice!" What about this GMO (if you don't know what it is, search it on Google. It's CREEPY! And still being kept hush, hush.) America and Russia are the only countries that don't have labeling laws if food has been genetically modified. Everywhere else, they can read if it's in the food and how much GMO is in it. I'd rather know if my food has GMO (and believe me, you would too!) in it than what the calories are. Going back to this article, olive oil is so good for you! Look how young Rachael Ray looks at 40! Even some of these thin Hollywood girls take tablespoons of oil for their complexion. And about the yogurt, your body processes yogurt differently without the fat. It takes some fat to digest protein! I say, just take it the way nature intended to give it to us. No, something is strange about all these articles bashing healthy foods and vitamins. There's a lot worse we could be running down than Greek yogurt!
28. Posted by pep on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 3:54 pm PDT
ive seen the Snappea snacks around and it looks innocent with "Baked "on the front of course it is" vegie" .. also people think if it is sold in a place where you expect healthy food to be sold at .. like Whole Foods or Trader Joes people just asume .. Trader Joes has this Bacon Salad they sell ... again people asume that cause it is a salad and sold at Joes it must be healthy but it has well over 400 calories as i recall in this one serving salad !!! and as i remember the people at Joes say it is the best selling salad they have ... of course !! Bacon should of tipped them off that it might be iffy .. READ THE LABLE PEOPLE !!!
30. Posted by tracyt42@sbcglobal.net on Sun, Mar 15, 2009, 5:20 pm PDT
These snacks are healthy in that they don't contain random chemicals, hydrogenated fats, growth hormones, artificial dyes etc...etc... - The portion controls are still up to the person who is doing the eating. We are all responsible for what we eat - they are not unhealthy - they are just TREATS - not to be confused with the food that should make up the basic daily diet. And about the oil in the salad dressing -it seem ridiculous to be surprised that something called "Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing" has a lot of olive oil in it! It is right there in the name.
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