How bad are bagels for you?

edavis27
edavis27 Posts: 21 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
For breakfast, as a highschooler, I'm always in a rush, especially in the morning. I try my best to grab whatever food that I can get. And today i realized i was out of fruit and only had a fairly big sized bagel, like about 4 and a half inch sized. I usually carry a Nature valley granola bar for snacking in the mid morning during class. Would i be better off to eat the full of carb bagel or skip it and just have the morning granola bar?

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  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
    The granola bar is probably better. A bagel is basically empty calories.
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    depends on your calorie allowance and such. i wouldnt eat them every day, but i fit in a bagel every so often. they make awesome breakfast sandwiches :D
  • seekingstrengthX2
    seekingstrengthX2 Posts: 771
    I eat 100% whole wheat bagels nearly every day. They are not empty calories at all. Lots of fiber and protein. Best time to have carbs is at breakfast, gives you fuel for the day.
  • LabRat529
    LabRat529 Posts: 1,323 Member
    Bagels aren't "bad" for you. (I really don't like labeling any food as 'bad' unless it's really a toxic substance like cyanide).

    Bagels are just a source of calories, carbs, fiber, and whatever else happens to be in them. If you like them, if you can fit them into your calorie goals, and if you can hit your macros while eating them... then enjoy them!
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    I eat Thomas Blueberry bagel thins... They are very good and only 110 calories a bagel.....
  • yukimiyazawa
    yukimiyazawa Posts: 83 Member
    I eat 100% whole wheat bagels nearly every day. They are not empty calories at all. Lots of fiber and protein. Best time to have carbs is at breakfast, gives you fuel for the day.

    this.
  • daizylibra
    daizylibra Posts: 21
    Depends on if you have half of a whole wheat bagel, or a HUGE monster bagel with cream cheese from the local bagel place.

    My work has bagels every Friday and I wish they would just go away. lol I try to stay away from them.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Bagels aren't "bad" for you. (I really don't like labeling any food as 'bad' unless it's really a toxic substance like cyanide).

    Bagels are just a source of calories, carbs, fiber, and whatever else happens to be in them. If you like them, if you can fit them into your calorie goals, and if you can hit your macros while eating them... then enjoy them!

    I concur.

    It really makes no sense to single out a specific food and call it good or bad. You need to take a holistic approach to your nutrition. If you are meeting your nutritional goals, it doesn't matter if you have a bagel every day, (or a coke, or ice cream, or wonderbread for that matter).
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