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Is a calorie equal to a calorie?
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My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.1
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UltraVegBabe wrote: »My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.
Yeah, that tends to happen once pages roll into the double digits around here. We assume the OPs question has been thoroughly debated and devolve into gratuitous food discussion and/or cat memes
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UltraVegBabe wrote: »My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.
It was destined to happen. This is an old/over-debated and hot-buttony issue and really, welcome to MFP. :flowerforyou:
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cmriverside wrote: »UltraVegBabe wrote: »My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.
It was destined to happen. This is an old/over-debated and hot-buttony issue and really, welcome to MFP. :flowerforyou:
It’s so beautiful. Imma cry1 -
UltraVegBabe wrote: »My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.
Since you are back now - do you still have questions? Does the information shared in the thread change your mind on anything, will it change your behavior?
Oreos are Vegan by the way, right?2 -
WinoGelato wrote: »UltraVegBabe wrote: »My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.
Since you are back now - do you still have questions? Does the information shared in the thread change your mind on anything, will it change your behavior?
Oreos are Vegan by the way, right?
Oreos are indeed vegan.2 -
When I go on my holiday to the land of the Americans I'm going to get some weird flavoured Oreos (we have some here but not as many as the literal 100s in the States) and do an MFP taste test.2
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moosmum1972 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »When I go on my holiday to the land of the Americans I'm going to get some weird flavoured Oreos (we have some here but not as many as the literal 100s in the States) and do an MFP taste test.
On a similar note when I was in japan I was loving the weird kit kat.
Matcha kitkat ftw!!!!!1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »*Quietly raises hand......
I can take or leave Oreos. Mostly leave. There are far superior biscuits (British definition) available, why would I waste the calories on Oreos? Unless vegan, then I think they become essential to life.
I have to say. I tried TimTams, because of @Carlos_421 's Oreo thread. They were not awesome.
Lies! Tim Tams are my favorite biscuits (I'm American, and call cookies by their proper name: cookies, but Tim Tams are biscuits. My brain is a strange place)
I particularly like them with opposite corners bit off, one end dunked in coffee, and suck the coffee through until you taste coffee. Then eat the whole biscuit.
Just eat it quickly. It will dissolve in your hand and look like *kitten*.
I made a friend bring me back chocolate mint Tim Tams when he went to Australia last year. I'm so glad Target started selling them here in the US.
Oreos suck. The wafer is to bitter and over powers the frosting.2 -
Kittens are often the harbinger of thread shutdown (I admit I brought them up
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Better post follow-up questions or reactions fast, OP!2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »*Quietly raises hand......
I can take or leave Oreos. Mostly leave. There are far superior biscuits (British definition) available, why would I waste the calories on Oreos? Unless vegan, then I think they become essential to life.
I have to say. I tried TimTams, because of @Carlos_421 's Oreo thread. They were not awesome.
Lies! Tim Tams are my favorite biscuits (I'm American, and call cookies by their proper name: cookies, but Tim Tams are biscuits. My brain is a strange place)
I particularly like them with opposite corners bit off, one end dunked in coffee, and suck the coffee through until you taste coffee. Then eat the whole biscuit.
Just eat it quickly. It will dissolve in your hand and look like *kitten*.
I made a friend bring me back chocolate mint Tim Tams when he went to Australia last year. I'm so glad Target started selling them here in the US.
Oreos suck. The wafer is to bitter and over powers the frosting.
That is the TimTam slam.2 -
WinoGelato wrote: »UltraVegBabe wrote: »My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.
Since you are back now - do you still have questions? Does the information shared in the thread change your mind on anything, will it change your behavior?
Oreos are Vegan by the way, right?
Nope no questions. It probably won’t change my behavior.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »*Quietly raises hand......
I can take or leave Oreos. Mostly leave. There are far superior biscuits (British definition) available, why would I waste the calories on Oreos? Unless vegan, then I think they become essential to life.
I have to say. I tried TimTams, because of @Carlos_421 's Oreo thread. They were not awesome.
Lies! Tim Tams are my favorite biscuits (I'm American, and call cookies by their proper name: cookies, but Tim Tams are biscuits. My brain is a strange place)
I particularly like them with opposite corners bit off, one end dunked in coffee, and suck the coffee through until you taste coffee. Then eat the whole biscuit.
Just eat it quickly. It will dissolve in your hand and look like *kitten*.
I made a friend bring me back chocolate mint Tim Tams when he went to Australia last year. I'm so glad Target started selling them here in the US.
Oreos suck. The wafer is to bitter and over powers the frosting.
To the bolded: That's the way to eat Twix, too, except ends not corners. But I guess technically they're a candy bar, even though they have a cookie layer0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »*Quietly raises hand......
I can take or leave Oreos. Mostly leave. There are far superior biscuits (British definition) available, why would I waste the calories on Oreos? Unless vegan, then I think they become essential to life.
I have to say. I tried TimTams, because of @Carlos_421 's Oreo thread. They were not awesome.
Lies! Tim Tams are my favorite biscuits (I'm American, and call cookies by their proper name: cookies, but Tim Tams are biscuits. My brain is a strange place)
I particularly like them with opposite corners bit off, one end dunked in coffee, and suck the coffee through until you taste coffee. Then eat the whole biscuit.
Just eat it quickly. It will dissolve in your hand and look like *kitten*.
I made a friend bring me back chocolate mint Tim Tams when he went to Australia last year. I'm so glad Target started selling them here in the US.
Oreos suck. The wafer is to bitter and over powers the frosting.
That is the TimTam slam.
Yep. Meant to mention that. Forgot.quiksylver296 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »*Quietly raises hand......
I can take or leave Oreos. Mostly leave. There are far superior biscuits (British definition) available, why would I waste the calories on Oreos? Unless vegan, then I think they become essential to life.
I have to say. I tried TimTams, because of @Carlos_421 's Oreo thread. They were not awesome.
Lies! Tim Tams are my favorite biscuits (I'm American, and call cookies by their proper name: cookies, but Tim Tams are biscuits. My brain is a strange place)
I particularly like them with opposite corners bit off, one end dunked in coffee, and suck the coffee through until you taste coffee. Then eat the whole biscuit.
Just eat it quickly. It will dissolve in your hand and look like *kitten*.
I made a friend bring me back chocolate mint Tim Tams when he went to Australia last year. I'm so glad Target started selling them here in the US.
Oreos suck. The wafer is to bitter and over powers the frosting.
To the bolded: That's the way to eat Twix, too, except ends not corners. But I guess technically they're a candy bar, even though they have a cookie layer
Oooooooooh. Now I have to go buy Twix.2 -
How can a calorie be just a calorie as calories are supposed to = energy
In my experience I can eat bad foods and have a lot of calories and very little energy besides constant hunger
However since changing my diet to mostly whole foods I find I have more energy less hunger on much less calories.
I had tried to lose wieght in the past with the Idea that a calorie is just a calorie and worked on cutting calories it was a constant fight and I ended up binging. Now I eat right most of the time and find still I can indulge in anything (pizza, Burgers whatever) as long as I eat good whole foods most of the time
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Carlos_421 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »UltraVegBabe wrote: »My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.
Since you are back now - do you still have questions? Does the information shared in the thread change your mind on anything, will it change your behavior?
Oreos are Vegan by the way, right?
Oreos are indeed vegan.
The ones in Germany say that they might contain traces of dairy.0 -
myinsbroker wrote: »How can a calorie be just a calorie as calories are supposed to = energy
In my experience I can eat bad foods and have a lot of calories and very little energy besides constant hunger
However since changing my diet to mostly whole foods I find I have more energy less hunger on much less calories.
I had tried to lose wieght in the past with the Idea that a calorie is just a calorie and worked on cutting calories it was a constant fight and I ended up binging. Now I eat right most of the time and find still I can indulge in anything (pizza, Burgers whatever) as long as I eat good whole foods most of the time
The idea that a calorie is simply a way to measure energy in a food doesn't mean that the same calorie amounts of different types of food will translate into the exact same "feeling" of energy for everyone.
"Energy" in calorie terms is different than a feeling of energy that an individual might have.
Think of it this way: if I drink a beverage with a lot of caffeine, I may feel more energy than usual (especially if I don't have it often). This doesn't mean it is a high calorie beverage -- in fact, things like coffee don't have many calories at all. If I drink a high calorie beverage with a lot of alcohol, I might suddenly feel sleepy . . . despite the fact that I just consumed a bunch of calories.
This idea, that calories somehow magically equate to a "feeling" of energy, can be profoundly misleading. The truth is that you can have sufficient energy to run your body and still feel hungry (due to nutritional factors). In fact, you can even be consuming *more* than you need, store the excess energy as fat, and still feel low energy.
It's two completely different things.11 -
stevencloser wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »UltraVegBabe wrote: »My discussion has become a Cookie Monster.
Since you are back now - do you still have questions? Does the information shared in the thread change your mind on anything, will it change your behavior?
Oreos are Vegan by the way, right?
Oreos are indeed vegan.
The ones in Germany say that they might contain traces of dairy.
It's like McDonald's french fries -- you will always want to check the ingredients for the country you're in as their vegetarian/vegan status can vary depending on country/region. I think Oreos in the US were vegan before they were in the UK (both are now vegan, I believe).0 -
I don't have the link, but I remember reading about your body spend more energy digesting the 100 cal apple( more volume, more chewing, more harder to digest fiber ect. ) than digesting 100 cal of Oreo. Therefore although the energy intake is the same your net energy gain is smaller when eating the apple.10
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