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The Worst Foods in America
« on: April 11, 2008, 05:44:44 pm »
]http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/139/the-20-worst-foods-in-america/]

the worst foods in America? I read it went out and bought some rice cakes right away!
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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2008, 07:30:50 pm »
How about plastic milk...

since I had that!

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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2008, 06:18:28 pm »
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Chili's Awesome Blossom




2,710 calories
203 g fat
194 g carbs
6,360 mg sodium

It takes a special talent to turn a single oversized onion into the fat equivalent of 67 slices of bacon, but the line cooks at Chili's manage this horrific feat with the help of a thick batter, a calorie-loaded dipping sauce, and a vat of bubbling fat.

Sidestep the Calorie Surge: Order a few skewers of lean Garlic & Lime Grilled Shrimp from the sides menu. It's one of the decent ways to start a meal at Chili's.


NO NO!! Say it isn't so!!!


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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2008, 06:49:41 pm »
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Chili's Awesome Blossom




2,710 calories
203 g fat
194 g carbs
6,360 mg sodium

It takes a special talent to turn a single oversized onion into the fat equivalent of 67 slices of bacon, but the line cooks at Chili's manage this horrific feat with the help of a thick batter, a calorie-loaded dipping sauce, and a vat of bubbling fat.

Sidestep the Calorie Surge: Order a few skewers of lean Garlic & Lime Grilled Shrimp from the sides menu. It's one of the decent ways to start a meal at Chili's.


NO NO!! Say it isn't so!!!



Eww! That looks REALLY gross Jess. And 203 grams of fat? YUCK!! :P

Go to Chili's for dinner and have a heart attack on your way home. How fun!! lol

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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2008, 06:58:33 pm »
Eww! That looks REALLY gross Jess. And 203 grams of fat? YUCK!! :P

Go to Chili's for dinner and have a heart attack on your way home. How fun!! lol



but it is delicious and the boys eat most of it anyway! You know how teenagers are! they can eat anything!!

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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2008, 07:34:51 pm »
Wow!

Too much bad fat! Wow!

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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2008, 09:26:20 pm »
but it is delicious and the boys eat most of it anyway! You know how teenagers are! they can eat anything!!

Oh yes, Jess! I'm well aware. Remember I used to be a teenage boy too! :)

Look how much sodium is in that fried onion!! 6,360 mg!!! WHOA!!

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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2008, 09:59:59 pm »
From the link:

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In researching our book "Eat This, Not That,"

LOL! I own this book!

It's not the kind of book I normally buy, but I saw it in the bookstore and got sucked in and couldn't resist. It's very colorful and theoretically useful, with photos of dishes from various places you might get food -- lots of restaurant chains, grocery store items, etc. -- telling you one reasonably healthy dish and one really unhealthy dish, and some other nutrition stuff that you hardly dare read.

Much of the advice is very counterintuitive; the grilled-chicken whatever turns out to be the really bad-for-you dish, while the cheeseburger is relatively low-fat and healthy. I'm too lazy to go upstairs and dig out the book and quote from it right now, but maybe later I will.

Anyway, I was sad to see the bad news about the onion blossom. Because although I've never had the one at Chili's, I have fond memories of the one at Copeland's (though I guess I never quite fooled myself into thinking that, as a vegetable, it was health food  ;D).




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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2008, 11:03:37 pm »
Oh yes, Jess! I'm well aware. Remember I used to be a teenage boy too! :)

Look how much sodium is in that fried onion!! 6,360 mg!!! WHOA!!



well ya'll are handy to have around! I can order bad stuff and not eat much cause they eat it up before I can get any!!

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Re: The Worst Foods in America
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2008, 11:05:46 pm »
Why is it the better it tastes, the WORSE it is for us? LOL

That's kind of mean of God to do that to us, isn't it? ;)

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