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I've never had it, and certainly i'd prefer a nut butter/chocolate combo to not have sugar and oil as the first 2 ingredients, but I dunno ... it seems fine to me, if it is within your calories, and you're meeting the rest of your micro nutrient and macro needs.0
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Yum! Nutella!!!
Look if it fits in calorie limit, go in peace. Unless you have a specific issue like diabetes and even then it can be incorporated.
Of course Nutella isn't as easy to fit in. It isn't celery or watermelons. Too much is not gonna fit your budget.
I am also not my friend's food police. If asked my opinion I open up MFP on my phone and talk about how foods can fit in my plan or not.0 -
Nutella is safe. I do NOT have Nutella in my house because I cannot control my binge eating with it. That is to say, I promise myself scads of impossible cardio exercise later for a jar of Nutella and my crackers today.2
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I love Nutella so much I can't have it in the house because I lose control.1
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I think straight up frosting has the same nutritional profile. Don't kid yourself.5
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Another vote here for "love Nutella, but I have no self control so I don't buy it". I think if you can fit it into your calories and not continue to spoon it out of the jar (like I do), then enjoy your Nutella!2
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Hate is too strong a word but I definitely dislike nutella. It has a gummy tar-like texture and is entirely tasteless to me.
More importantly, 1 tbsp (or 100 cals) of nutella contains 6g fat and 11g sugar. That's 54 cals fat and 44 cals sugar, which means it's 98% fat and sugar.
I'd rather eat a Snickers bar, which tastes far better, for an almost equivalent amount of fat & sugar plus an extra gram or 2 of protein when compared w/2 tbsps of nutella.
A peanut and jelly sandwich would also be an excellent caloric substitute. LOL!
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ISweat4This wrote: »I use to have a teaspoon of it as a snack. If it fits within your calories and you like it, why not?
A teaspoon? How do you stop at one teaspoon?
Good point for a nuttelaoholic!0 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »I think straight up frosting has the same nutritional profile. Don't kid yourself.
snicker...snicket 0 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Nutella is safe. I do NOT have Nutella in my house because I cannot control my binge eating with it. That is to say, I promise myself scads of impossible cardio exercise later for a jar of Nutella and my crackers today.
You are my best friend for loving Nutella, but crackers? Specifically which cracker? Must be a butter cracker cause anything else would be super weird.
Me? I'm good eating it by the spoonful. And that's why I don't buy it.0 -
lulalacroix wrote: »JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Nutella is safe. I do NOT have Nutella in my house because I cannot control my binge eating with it. That is to say, I promise myself scads of impossible cardio exercise later for a jar of Nutella and my crackers today.
You are my best friend for loving Nutella, but crackers? Specifically which cracker? Must be a butter cracker cause anything else would be super weird.
Me? I'm good eating it by the spoonful. And that's why I don't buy it.
Nutella on pretzels is good... They are cracker like? 4 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »lulalacroix wrote: »JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Nutella is safe. I do NOT have Nutella in my house because I cannot control my binge eating with it. That is to say, I promise myself scads of impossible cardio exercise later for a jar of Nutella and my crackers today.
You are my best friend for loving Nutella, but crackers? Specifically which cracker? Must be a butter cracker cause anything else would be super weird.
Me? I'm good eating it by the spoonful. And that's why I don't buy it.
Nutella on pretzels is good... They are cracker like?
That would definitely be good because of the whole sweet plus salty thing.1 -
Hello All, thank you for your responses! Actually this friend of mine often comes to me for diet advice because I have lost weight and kept it off. I just wanted another opinion because I know what works for some people does not work for others. I myself try to go with foods that are more nutritious and will help me reach my goals. my goal now is not to lose weight, but to tone/build muscle. So I would vote to eat an apple instead of nutella - however, that's just b/c of my goals now. When I was losing weight, I wouldn't mind using calories for sweet treats! nor do I now.. I had heard nutella is super unhealthy b/c of sugar and does not have much nutritional value and just wanted to confirm if a lot of people felt the same...
I never try to judge what people eat! and I agree with everyone here, I think its important not to banish any foods from your diet.
Hope my explanation helps my post make a little more sense...0 -
it tastes like crap- so yes- stay away from it.2
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Hello All, thank you for your responses! Actually this friend of mine often comes to me for diet advice because I have lost weight and kept it off. I just wanted another opinion because I know what works for some people does not work for others. I myself try to go with foods that are more nutritious and will help me reach my goals. my goal now is not to lose weight, but to tone/build muscle. So I would vote to eat an apple instead of nutella - however, that's just b/c of my goals now. When I was losing weight, I wouldn't mind using calories for sweet treats! nor do I now.. I had heard nutella is super unhealthy b/c of sugar and does not have much nutritional value and just wanted to confirm if a lot of people felt the same...
I never try to judge what people eat! and I agree with everyone here, I think its important not to banish any foods from your diet.
Hope my explanation helps my post make a little more sense...
Sugar isn't inherently unhealthy although it's certainly possible to consume it in quantities that will keep you from meeting your other nutritional needs (this can be true of anything, including fat and protein). An apple also has sugar, but we realize it's possible to fit it into a healthy diet. Same with Nutella. At the end of the day, it's just some carbohydrate and fat with a bit of protein and some iron and calcium.1 -
Hello All, thank you for your responses! Actually this friend of mine often comes to me for diet advice because I have lost weight and kept it off. I just wanted another opinion because I know what works for some people does not work for others. I myself try to go with foods that are more nutritious and will help me reach my goals. my goal now is not to lose weight, but to tone/build muscle. So I would vote to eat an apple instead of nutella - however, that's just b/c of my goals now. When I was losing weight, I wouldn't mind using calories for sweet treats! nor do I now.. I had heard nutella is super unhealthy b/c of sugar and does not have much nutritional value and just wanted to confirm if a lot of people felt the same...
I never try to judge what people eat! and I agree with everyone here, I think its important not to banish any foods from your diet.
Hope my explanation helps my post make a little more sense...
As long as you are hitting your macros and eating relatively nutritious, nothing wrong with fitting in some Nutella or whatever treat you want. Especially if you are eating at maintenance/surplus you actually have more leeway since you have more calories to spend compared to when you were losing weight. It's not as if you are getting added protein from the apple or anything, unless maybe it makes you feel better. I am bulking and I would take the Nutella over the apple, or I'd dip the apple in the Nutella because I have high calorie goals to hit.1 -
I used to think it was on the same 'level' health wise as peanut butter lol
now I know there aren't 'unhealthy' foods, but I don't partake in it as much as before. Its fine in moderation within calorie goals.0 -
Nothing wrong with Nutella in moderation, but I think that your friend might be mistaken by thinking that it's healthy because it has nuts (it's really mostly sugar and oil, lol). You might want to tell her to look into hazelnut butter like Justin's, that has much less sugar and more nuts (but is nowhere as satisfying as Nutella on crepes).2
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If I wanted it, I would have it in a small quantity but as a treat.0
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