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What's healthy about this muffin?

Fabe's All Natural Bakery supports healthy living and says that their products are "good for you" because they are free from refined sugar, artificial ingredients and preservatives. While that is certainly an aspect of foods that are "good for you," it seems like they are exaggerating the healthy qualities of their food. After all, a block of organic butter is still not health food, despite being organic.

The most glaring example of this might be their Healthy Dieter Blueberry Muffins. The low-carb muffins are low in sugar, but have 250 calories each (2.5-oz) and 18g fat, including a whopping 41% of the daily maximum intake of saturated fat and 41% of the daily maximum intake of cholesterol. The first ingredient in the muffins is cream cheese - and that doesn't make them sound very muffin-like. The only redeeming feature is that they don't appear to contain any gluten, though the site gives no indication as to whether they are prepared in a gluten-free environment.

Healthy to some? Perhaps, but to say that it is a muffin for more than a handful of "healthy dieters" is an overstatement.

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Filed Under: Food Oddities, Did you know?, Super Size Me
Tags: breakfast, calories, carb, cholesterol, did you know, fabe's, fabe's all natural, fat, fattening, healthy dieter, lo carb, muffin, muffins, nutrition, oddities, super size me, unhealthy

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MJ

7-31-2006 @10:31AM MJ said... organic is good for this but lowfat this isnt.Depends on what one thinks of healthy. I would rather have a muffin that had some fat in it! No one likes a dried up muffin no matter how much fruit is in it and when you use whole wheat and grains you need some type of oil in there to balance it out.
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