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  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
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    Nutella = 200 calories in 2 Tbsp (99 from fat) and 21g of sugar. Not in my shopping cart! I'll stick with my plain oatmeal.

    We all know how terrible it is for you & yes they produced such misleading adverts pretty much claiming "it is good for you"

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpNLUFA34iw

    and consequently:

    http://www.which.co.uk/news/2008/02/asa-backs-which-over-nutella-advert-133139/

    But OH THE TASTE!

    Personally for me, sometimes it is worth saving 200cals for it on a spike day or a day where you want to give your tastebuds a well deserved climax after eating pretty healthily & exercising all week long

    :blushing:

    Yeah, but I prefer Snickers bars, and Snickers bars have the advantage of being very slightly healthier for me than Nutella. I think that puts in perspective--per gram, Snickers is exactly equal to Nutella in everything but sugar and calories. Snickers has 11% less sugar per gram, and 12% fewer calories, than Nutella. As good as it is, do you really like it better than Snickers bars?


    It can be hard to compare by just looking and not calculating nutrition by weight. I mean, LOOK at them if you use equal weights!

    For 100 grams (chosen because the calculations are easy to do--Nutella claims a serving is 2 tbs, which weighs in a 37 grams, and M&M/Mars gives nutrition info for Snickers for 58.7 gram servings):

    Calories: Nutella = 541, from fat = 270 (50%) Snickers = 477, from fat = 221 (46%)
    Total Fat: Nutella = 30 grams; Snickers = 24 grams.
    Saturated Fat: Nutella = 9 grams; Snickers = 9 grams.
    Carbohydrates: Nutella = 59 grams; Snickers = 60 grams.
    Sugar: Nutella = 57 grams; Snickers = 51 grams.
    Protein: Nutella = 8 grams, Snickers = 7 grams.

    I occasionally eat candy bars, and once in a while even Nutella, but if I posted a thread to collect "good ways to eat Snickers bars" on MFP people would be lecturing me about how horrible candy bars are for you. Nutella is as bad. Worse if you consider the number of people who think they've made a healthy choice by choosing it over a candy bar. Unless you actually like it BETTER than candy bars, eat the candy bar.

    Personally, I do like it better than a candy bar. And if you're reasonable about it, like putting a single tablespoon on a piece of whole wheat toast you can get the same satisfaction of having your sweets cravings fulfilled, but it actually will often come in at less than 200 cals(depending on the bread). Not that it's a big deal if you want to stay away from it, that's fine. Just let us have our fun :tongue:

    You can be "reasonable" about how you satisfy a sweet craving with Snicker's bars too. Gram for gram, Snickers are healthier. My point is, people jump all over people who post "Good ways to eat Snickers" but this is actually worse.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
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    I vote for the garbage. P-B is also a red light food for me so that is an other thing I can't have in the house.

    Hard to compare peanut butter, which is a good source of protein and healthy fats with Nutella, which has more sugar and less nutritive value than a Snickers bar...
  • PeaceCorpsKat
    PeaceCorpsKat Posts: 335 Member
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    Take a bunch of bananas, peel them. Cut them in half and then down the middle. Make nutella sandwhiches, wrap them in saran wrap, stick in freezer...

    I do this with Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter when it is that time of the month. It has more nutritional value then Nutella, but I guess it will work - and at least you are getting some fruit.

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