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Assuming you like each of them equally it would still depend on your remaining calorie and macronutrient needs.0
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Bah. I'd choose #2 because 2>1.0
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I would go with food option number two, more protein, less carbs!0
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Depends on which macro I need to fill the most.0
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Protein always wins.0
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The sodium on either is high. I try to never consume foods where sodium in MG exceeds the calories. I would go hungry in this case.0
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Neither of these food items seems to make much of an impact in anything. I'd eat both, if I enjoyed them. If you're in a deficit, 70 calories over is still under. If you're at maintenance, 70 calories is within the margin of error, and if you're bulking, you better be eating all the food and not worrying about a 70 calorie snack.
I'm trying to figure out how something can have 5 grams of protein, 5 grams of fat but 0 carbs and be 70 calories. The math doesn't work. It would be 65 calories. Is this one of those things where the food doesn't count the carb if it is under a certain amount, like under 2 grams, or is it a zero net carb food with less than 2 grams of fiber?
Meh, I guess I don't care a lot what you eat, I just want to know why the data is inaccurate.0 -
The sodium on either is high. I try to never consume foods where sodium in MG exceeds the calories. I would go hungry in this case.
You micromanage sodium on a meal per meal basis?0 -
Based on the information given, food 1, but I'd be interested on the micronutrients as well.0
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#2, because of carbs.0
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I'd eat both because 70 calories a serving isn't enough for me.
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I'm with Niner on this one.... My snacks are 500+ calories so depending if I liked either of them (cause I will not eat things I do not like) then I would have to eat both and then some....0 -
The sodium on either is high. I try to never consume foods where sodium in MG exceeds the calories. I would go hungry in this case.
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The second one, based on more protein and fat. By those macros, I suspect however that it is something I couldn't actually eat.0
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I should pick 2 because I need the protein, but I'll probably pick 1 because carbs taste good. SInce the two of them together are only 140 calories, I think I'll have BOTH, because I ran today and I really need the extra calories. :drinker:0
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I believe in good and bad foods so I can't answer that -- I need to see an ingredients list at the very least. Like for the first product -- where are those carbs coming from? How much naturally occurring fiber is there? For the second, is that fat from a seed oil? Trans fat? Why so much salt for so few calories?
And even above all of that what it tastes like matters too. I want all of the food I eat to be delicious and something I genuinely enjoy eating. So delicious first, whole foods second, and ingredient list third (few or no objectionable ingredients) -- calories and macro nutrients come in at a distant fourth.
Same here. I would also need to know the micronutrient breakdown before I could make a choice. What vitimins and minerals are in each food? If I had to eat one of them I would choose the most nutritious food over which tasted better. Otherwise I would chuck them both in the bin and choose a food that was both healthy and delicious.
But looking at the available data I would pick number 1 mainly because it has protein, lower sodium, low carbs and no sugar.
Oh, and keep your beliefs to yourself unless they are, you know, "science" and can be backed up with hyperlinks to peer reviewed studies from acceptable ivy league universities. However, if you add a profile picture of your abs minus your head your beliefs will suddenly become acceptable scientific fact.0 -
Here are two food items I eat.. based off the macros only which one would you eat? and why would you pick that food item?
No, I am not telling you what the food is because you might choose one just because of what it is...
I just want to know based off the STATS which would you choose and why.
FOOD 1:
calories: 70
carbs: 8
fat: 3
protein: 2
sodium: 170
sugar: 0
FOOD 2:
calories: 70
carbs: 0
fat: 5
protein: 5
sodium: 300
sugar: 0
cannot make an informed decision without entire nutrition label including ingredients and vitamin content. sorry.0 -
It's 70 calories. Taste would be my sole determining factor. And if they're both bad enough, the choice could always be "neither"0
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#2, because of carbs.0
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