Question about processed foods

packersfan0103
packersfan0103 Posts: 251 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So I've seen the commercials for the Fiber One I think it's like 90 calorie brownie bars. But if your trying to eat healthy why would you want to eat something like that? Wouldn't it be better to have an apple or something?

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  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    I personally don't have an issue with eating processed food as part of a balanced diet. In other words, I have fruit, veggies, meat and processed foods pretty much every day.
  • ariana_eatsandlifts
    ariana_eatsandlifts Posts: 197 Member
    There's nothing bad about Fiber One bars. If someone can fit them in to their calories for the day, who cares? I like them, I can satisfy my sweet tooth without breaking the bank with my calories.
  • packersfan0103
    packersfan0103 Posts: 251 Member
    Oh I eat processed foods. Nutella is a processed food. I keep it handy because I have an insatiable sweet tooth. I TRY to stick to the serving size and spread it on a banana.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    packersfan0103 wrote: »
    Oh I eat processed foods. Nutella is a processed food. I keep it handy because I have an insatiable sweet tooth. I TRY to stick to the serving size and spread it on a banana.

    Mmm, that sounds delicious! I only have one food that I need to restrict, and that is Laura Secord's chocolate hazelnut spread. It is so good, I literally eat it by the jar, straight. Not good for maintenance :D

    Darn, now everyone knows my dirty little secret!
  • packersfan0103
    packersfan0103 Posts: 251 Member
    ariana_eatsandlifts wrote: »
    There's nothing bad about Fiber One bars. If someone can fit them in to their calories for the day, who cares? I like them, I can satisfy my sweet tooth without breaking the bank with my calories.

    I guess I'm just paranoid. I read something somewhere about you shouldn't eat processed foods that have more than 4/5 ingredients and they should only have ingredients you can pronounce.
  • packersfan0103
    packersfan0103 Posts: 251 Member
    blankiefinder wrote: »
    packersfan0103 wrote: »
    Oh I eat processed foods. Nutella is a processed food. I keep it handy because I have an insatiable sweet tooth. I TRY to stick to the serving size and spread it on a banana.

    Mmm, that sounds delicious! I only have one food that I need to restrict, and that is Laura Secord's chocolate hazelnut spread. It is so good, I literally eat it by the jar, straight. Not good for maintenance :D

    Darn, now everyone knows my dirty little secret!

    Lol. I'm sure we all do something we probably shouldn't. As long as it's not very often.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Yeah, I think you're paranoid. I would eat Fiber One bars 24/7 but even one a day isn't a big deal imo. Overall moderation is more sustainable than demonization of processed foods or foods with more than 5 ingredients.
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    During a visit with my grandson's pediatrician last week, we were advised to switch him from his normal breakfast of large flake oatmeal, to boxed cereal like Cheerios or Shreddies, because the "processed" cereal was fortified with iron! Not ALWAYS bad.
  • ariana_eatsandlifts
    ariana_eatsandlifts Posts: 197 Member
    This thread made me crave one of the Fiber One brownies. So I had one. No regrets.
  • packersfan0103
    packersfan0103 Posts: 251 Member
    Ok. Ok. Everything in moderation.
    I'll try to stop being so paranoid.
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    I have a fiber one bar with protein just about everyday. There are other bars that are better nutritionally, but for me these are more of a lower calorie sweet treat/dessert thing I happen to like.

    I've cut way down on eating processed foods over the past couple months, but I had to draw a line somewhere between eating healthy and feeling like im not obsessing and jeopardizing my sanity. ;)
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    packersfan0103 wrote: »
    ariana_eatsandlifts wrote: »
    There's nothing bad about Fiber One bars. If someone can fit them in to their calories for the day, who cares? I like them, I can satisfy my sweet tooth without breaking the bank with my calories.

    I guess I'm just paranoid. I read something somewhere about you shouldn't eat processed foods that have more than 4/5 ingredients and they should only have ingredients you can pronounce.
    Can you pronounce :
    retinyl palmitate (Vitamin A)
    ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)
    dihydrogen monoxide (H20 aka water)

    There are a lot of things that have odd, hard to pronounce scientific names.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Yes, it would. Fiber one will pack on the pounds!
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    Yi5hedr3 wrote: »
    Yes, it would. Fiber one will pack on the pounds!

    it's 90 calories. It won't pack on the pounds. It's less calories than an apple.
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    Yi5hedr3 wrote: »
    Yes, it would. Fiber one will pack on the pounds!

    No, they won't. I've lost 18lbs while eating them regularly.
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