Journal of Healthy Living

Carnival Foods

It’s been a long time since I’ve gone to a carnival but the same types of food served there are also served at local Renaissance festivals, wine festivals, and, well, every other festival. Newsweek took a crack at the most unhealthy carnival foods:

• Deep fried Oreos
• Cotton candy
• Corn dogs
• Deep fried Twinkie (detecting a trend?)
• Snow cone
• Funnel cake - These are my favorite, but 8.3 ounces has 760 calories, 44g fat, 80g of carbs, and 20mg of cholesterol.
• Deep fried candy bars (if you haven’t detected the trend yet…)

In summary, the foods are bad in one of two ways. Either it’s deep fried or it’s basically sugar, or it’s deep fried sugar. Deep fried is never good for you. Copious amounts of sugar is never good for you. It’s no surprise these treats are bad for you so enjoy in moderation.

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Worst Drink Ever: Baskin-Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake

How would you like to consume 2,310 calories, 108 grams of fat (64 of which are saturated) and 266 grams of carbohydrates in one fell swoop? Drink a Baskin-Robbins Large Heath Bar Shake and you’ve pretty much just inhaled eleven Heath bars. Worst drink ever.

Check out the shake’s nutritional facts and awe at the fact that you get more than three days worth of saturated fat. Fortunately it does not contain Crustaceans (which include crab, crayfish, lobster and shrimp) because that would be way too much! To burn off that drink, it would take you FOUR HOURS on a treadmill going at a moderate pace.

Someone needs to draw skull and crossbones on that thing… it’s got some serious heart stopping power.

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20 Worst Foods in America

Men’s Health announced their list of the 20 Worst Foods in America and the number one food was one I mentioned last week. Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing took the top honor with 2,900 calories, 182 grams of fat, and 240 grams of carbohydrates.

Here’s the full list with some stats (they aren’t ordered by worst to best, they’re in food categories, but I’ve preserved their “number”):

1. Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing: 2900 cal, 182g fat, 240g carbs
2. Chili’s Awesome Blossom: 2710 cal, 203g fat, 194g carbs, 6360mg sodium
3. On the Border Stacked Border Nachos: 2740 cal, 166g fat, 191g carbs, 5280 mg sodium
4. Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce: 2430 cal, 128g fat, 207g carbs, 5290 mg sodium
5. Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza: 2310 cal, 162g fat, 123g carbs, 4470 mg sodium
6. On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Rice and Beans: 2100 cal, 130g fat, 169g carbs, 4750 mg sodium
7. Chili’s Honey Chipotle Crispers with Chipotle Sauce: 2040 cal, 99g fat, 240g carbs
8. P.F. Chang’s Pork Lo Mein: 1820 cal, 127g fat, 95g carbs
9. Chili’s Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream: 1600 cal, 78g fat, 215g carbs
10. Bob Evans Caramel Banana Pecan Cream Stacked and Stuffed Hotcakes: 1540 cal, 77g fat (9g trans), 198g carbs, 109g sugar
11. Lonestar 20 oz T-bone: 1540 cal, 124g fat
12. Carl’s Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger: 1520 cal, 111g fat
13. On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef: 1450 cal, 102g fat, 78g carbs, 2410 mg sodium
14. Quizno’s Classic Italian: 1370 cal, 86g fat, 4490mg sodium
15. Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni ‘n’ Cheese: 1210 cal, 62g fat, 3450 mg sodium
16. Chipotle Mexican Grilled Chicken Burrito: 1179 cal, 7g fat, 125g carbs, 2656mg sodium
17. Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger: 1145 cal, 71g fat, 56g carbs
18. Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie (whole pie): 1020 cal, 64g fat, 86g carbs
19. Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo’d Power Smoothie (30 fl oz): 900 cal, 10g fat, 183g carbs, 166g sugar
20. Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald’s (5 pieces) with creamy ranch sauce: 830 cal, 55g fat (4.5g trans), 48g carbs

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