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Science & Technology
Food study that turns our understanding of snacking on its head: Chocolate ICE CREAM is more nutritious than a granola bar, bacon is better than couscous and McDonald's pancakes are healthier than an omelette
2022-08-17
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • US researchers created the Food Compass which turns common assumptions about snacking on their head

  • Scoring system considers foods health score over nine metrics — including ingredients, additives and protein

  • Sweet deserts scored extremely low — while nutrient-packed fruit, veg and nuts achieved highest scores

  • But the results are bad if you thought opting for a granola bar over a sugary chocolate ice cream

  • And couscous, promoted as a health food, scores lower than bacon — which has been linked to cancer
The team at Tufts University in Boston spent three years looking at more than 8,000 foods and drinks, from melon to a McDonald's, and used cutting-edge science to rank them according to 54 different attributes.
Watch this get overthrown by the next bit of scientific cleverness that comes down the pike.

Posted by:Skidmark

#10  Not far off fat and dairy products and bacon and steward much better for you than all of those whole grain granola quinoa veggie stuff
Check the growth urge on obesity and tyo2 diabetes and you will find a nice correlation with the the high carb whole grain fat free dietary guidance the Feds started spouting in the 70s
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom    2022-08-17 19:19  

#9  /\ ...Okay, "inc*stuous" was what was tripping the Rantburg spamfilter.
Posted by: magpie   2022-08-17 17:40  

#8  Back in the 80's John Hopkins had a laboratory tucked away quietly researching a replacement for Caffeine in case it got regulated. Private funding from Big Food™ and Big Pharma™ -- Very tight relations they have Business, Government and Academia (a Yodaism).
Posted by: magpie   2022-08-17 17:38  

#7  I f/kn love Science!

5'6" and 200lbs is healthy you H8TR!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-17 10:42  

#6  Nutrition 'science' is almost all garbage. You can't lock people up and control what they eat, so it's all done with self-reporting. And of course, people remember perfectly what they ate a month ago. Astonishing this cr@p gets published at all.
Posted by: Angstrom   2022-08-17 09:28  

#5  


Right on time....
As usual a new set of R&D Groups looking for a "10-20 year Meal Ticket" promote something challenging, and breaks the latest accepted facts.

I'll eat what I like.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-08-17 08:03  

#4  The team at Tufts University in Boston spent three years looking at more than 8,000 foods and drinks snacking on University money.

IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF RESEARCH
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-08-17 03:27  

#3  For those to "lazy" to use the link above ... Here ...
Posted by: Phomomp McGurque9767   2022-08-17 02:59  

#2  https://youtu.be/p5dTKcCMg2U
Posted by: Phomomp McGurque9767   2022-08-17 02:56  

#1  Whatever series of legal/illegal drugs this writer pr researchers are/is on, all I have to say is >get me some< McDonald's Healthy???> Wow -- What a strange trip this is, or has been, "I can hear the song"<<< Wow, the hallucinations are super strong, no wait, I did have a McD's triple cheese 🍔 burger, just yesterday, my birthday. Wow, what a hangover --- and my arms are crazy furry...
Posted by: Phomomp McGurque9767   2022-08-17 02:51  

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