Baked Potato Lovers
I just have to sound off. Remember all those diets that warned us against eating potatoes, rice, and other starches. Even as a kid I had to watch my weight so I was the one eating meat and lettuce while my family ate the good stuff. Well, in a recent article provided by “Prevention” magazine, I just learned these starches actually burn fat. What’s with THAT??? This just pisses me off. I need a big favor. If anybody finds an article that says it’s okay to eat an extra large bag of M&Ms with peanuts would you please let me know? I bought a bag yesterday and stuck them in my freezer. Yeah, like that’s going to stop me. I guess a .38 Smith and Wesson would stop me, but I can’t think of anything else. Heck, I’ve eaten frozen brownies. Next thing I know, somebody is going to discover that fresh fruit and vegetables are bad for us, and I should have been eating Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups all along.
March 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Aren’t peanuts a “healthy fat”? In Prevention Magazine, the flat belly diet lists chocolate as one of the 5 great foods loaded with MUFAs (monounsaturated fatty acids). Nuts and seeds are also on that list. We’re supposed to eat one of these foods at every meal. Given the choice between avocados, olives and chocolate, guess which one I’d choose?
So, you have peanuts, which have protein and healthy fat and chocolate with MUFAs. The candy shell probably has no nutritional value, but who cares at this point?
March 16th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Hey, they say that Dark Chocolate is GOOD for you! And Peanuts are as well. go for it!