Deep fried candy bars?! Partially hydrogenated soybean oil?! Why, why, why?!

Meanwhile, why weren't Twinkies listed? I left one in the yard for 1 month, and it didn't even dry out. And nothing ate it. (including me, I don't touch the stuff anymore).

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A deep-fried onion a la the Awesome Blossom from Outback Steakhouse is absolutely the worst...I've heard it has several THOUSAND calories and well over 100 grams of fat. Of course you don't usually eat the whole thing alone, but still.

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Its a simple formula.



A calories/fat increase, so does taste.



It is an evolutionary leftover from our ancestors days where nature encouraged to eat fatty, high cal things because they never knew when the next meal would come. Now that every meal is 5 steps away I wonder if we'll evolve out of it eventually.



If we are around that long that is.

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Wow...I actually never eat any of those things. Maybe I'll never die.



Just so you know, I intend to try one those deep fried Mars bars at the first opportunity.

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The sodium content of ramen noodles is only important if you consume the soup entirely ... that is, most of the sodium is in the soup base, the rest leaches out of the noodles when you boil them. So, you're not consuming the entire amount of sodium listed on the package if you only eat the noodles (for the most part). You can also put half the package of the soup base in instead of the whole thing (or water it down more).



The saturated fats are present because the noodles are deep fried in palm or cocunt oil .. both are high in saturated fats. To cut down, you can boil the noodles in plain water and strain the noodles under warm water .. some of the fats will be discarded with the boil water.

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For an in-depth review of the Deep Fried Snickers (with pictures) check this out:

http://candyaddict.com/blog/2005/10/26/deep-fried-snickers/



Brian

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Here'e the thing, most of the time I eat very healthy food, low fat, mostly organically grown, no artificial sweeteners, no high fructose corn syrup, but I would eat a deep fried Snickers bar in a second!! Probably only one every ten years, but boy would I enjoy it.

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what about the "Yakasoba" noodles sold in stores? do they still carry the gynormous amount of sodium and calories?

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The way many Americans eat is one of my bandwagons, and when it comes to what we feed our children, I am apt to go apoplectic. Now don't misunderstand me, please. Junk food?? Of *course* I crave it now and then; I am, afterall, only human! As Punisher2K notes, such cravings are a function of evolutionary imprinting. That said, we can ill afford to continue the pre-packaged, over-processed, super-sized, nutritionally void pattern of food consumption so common these days. A recently-posted article here offered distressingly real examples of "Kid Menus," and after reading them, I couldn't help but think of Eric Cartman.

Huffy

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mmmmmmmmmm Fat mmmmmmmmmmm calories keep em commin you only live once, live happy. and any ways I am not eating card board.

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i think everything in moderation could be okay, but a deep fried snickers? that just sounds plain gross, why not get a funnel cake instead :)

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Rember living healthy is just dieing slowly. Also its not just Americans who have seen a raise in obesity rates most developed countries have. Even if you want to say that its all America all I have to say is this. "Why is America fat? Becuase we can be."

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It's articles like these that caused McDonalds to change the way they cook their fries. If the public doesn't want these "junk food" items, then the public won't buy them. We should have the option to buy them if we want to. McDonalds could offer their fries both as "Original Recipe" and "New Recipe" (remember "New" Coke?). That's how you tell what the public really wants.

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I never even heard of deep fried snickers. The stuff is no good for you but I would try it once!

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it's not what i eat that's a problem, it's portion control. i actually love rice cakes. love, love, love'em (plain, not salted, and i don't add any condiments, etc.). buy i can eat an entire package in a sitting. but, just so you know, it's not what i'm eating that makes that outrageous consuption possible, it's my appitite. i'm the same 5'2" girl who can down an entire ny stip stake, then ask someone to pass the breas basket.

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I love Snickers bars, but deep fat fried? I can't believe what some people eat.

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Yep, some of you people are right. You only live once. I know I want to spend the only life I get sitting on the couch 100 pounds overweight and unable to move. God forbid I should want to travel, or climb a mountain, or swim in the ocean during the short short time on earth that I get. HELLO???!! It's about what you do in life not what you eat that will make life worth living. And to those of you who have the "hey might as well enjoy it" attitude maybe you will get lucky. Maybe reincarnation will turn out to be the final solution.Then you can come back as someone who has a clue.

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It's no wonder American's are fat!!!!

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I think that we should eat all the food that God has provided for us. We can be more balanced about what we take in. These foods were put here centurys ago and people have abused them to say the least. If the food was not suppose to be eaten it wouldn't be here. Keep your intake of all the foods minimal and there will be no problems with your health or weight.

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