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- Subject: Re: Hidden Fat In Packaged Foods
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.142519.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 21:25:19 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.191338.17273@wam.umd.edu>, sfjr@wam.umd.edu (Steve Russell) writes:
- > I have a story that should amuse the fat/calorie counters among the group.
- >
- > As part of my efforts to avoid turning into a blob as I get older I
- > limit my fat intake to 20-30g per day in addition to exercising.
- >
- > I work at a health food store on campus most of the day where I take
- > at least lunch and sometimes breakfast.
- >
- > We got a product called "Veggie Pockets" in. Basically a piece of
- > bread with various stuffings baked into it. They didnt have any
- > nutrition info on the label ( good reason for it ), but getting
- > sick of what I could quickly make I would frequently eat 2-3
- > per day last semester. I was very frustrated with my slow weight loss.
- >
- > Well, our distributor mailed me a copy of the nutrition information
- > he extorted from the manufacturer. It turns out that each of these
- > "Veggie Pockets" had at least 13g of fat in it! There I was eating
- > two ( very unfilling ) for lunch 2-3 times a week while trying to
- > keep my fat intake down to 30g!
- >
- >
- > Beware of unlabled packaged food. Dont ever assume it is lowfat no
- > matter what the ingredients say.
- >
- > Steve R
- Steve --
-
- What I enjoy is entering the supermarkets, walking over to the hot-dog areas
- and then looking at the 96% fat free packages and then looking at the caloric
- info to see that while they're 4% fat by weight, they still have 60-80% fat by
- calories...
-