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Eat Twinkies, Lose Weight: One Man's Wacky Diet that Worked


A professional nutritionist lost 27 pounds in ten weeks. His secret? Twinkies.

Well, not only Twinkies. Throw in some Little Debbie Star Crunches and Zebra Cakes, and Duncan Hines chewy fudge brownies to boot.

If the Atkins diet seemed counterintuitive (eat meat; lose weight), then Mark Haub's so-called Twinkie diet seems downright Bizarre-O with a capital "B." Haub, who works as a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University no less, set out to prove in August that when it comes to dieting, counting calories is more important than what you eat.

As CNN reports, Haub upended any notion of a balanced, healthy diet, replacing his usual meals with sugary snack cakes instead. The key, he argues, was that he dropped his daily calorie intake to 1,800 calories, as opposed to the roughly 2,600 calories that a man of his size typically consumes.
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Filed under: Health & Medical, News

Snack Cake ID Quiz

Think you know your Ho Hos from your Swiss Rolls? Take this snack cake quiz to test your knowledge.

Snack Cake ID Quiz

Name this snack cake.

  • Yodel
  • Swiss Roll
  • Ho Ho
  • Funny Bones

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  • Yankee Doodle
  • Little Debbie Chocolate Cupcake
  • Enten-mini Chocolate Creme Cupcake
  • Hostess Cup Cake

Name this snack cake.

  • Devil Dog
  • Suzy Q
  • Devil Square
  • Zinger

Name this snack cake.

  • Yodel
  • Funny Bones
  • Swiss Roll
  • King Don

Name this snack cake.

  • Honey Bun
  • Vanilla Kandy Kake
  • Moon Pie
  • Yankee Doodle

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  • Ring Ding
  • Devil Square
  • Creme Puck
  • Zebra Cake

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  • Jelly Krimpet
  • Sunny Doodle
  • Strawberry Twinkie
  • Shortcake Roll

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  • Raspberry Zinger
  • Suzy Q
  • Sno Ball
  • Coconut Juniors

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  • Big Wheel
  • Ring Ding
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Peanut Butter Kandy Kake

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  • Vanilla Zinger
  • Butterscotch Krimpet
  • Hostess Golden Cup Cake
  • Sunny Doodle

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  • Zebra Cake
  • Creme Puck
  • Ring Ding
  • Chocodile

Name this snack cake.

  • Lemon Krimpet
  • Twinkie
  • Vanilla Zinger
  • Golden Creme

Name this snack cake.

  • Ring Ding
  • Yankee Doodle
  • King Don
  • Ding Dong

Name this snack cake.

  • Coconut Kreamie
  • Strawberry Shortcake Roll
  • Boston Kreme Roll
  • Raspberry Zinger

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  • Ring Ding
  • King Don
  • Suzy Q
  • Hostess Cup Cake

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  • Creme Puck
  • Suzy Q
  • Ding Dong
  • Chocodile

Name this snack cake.

  • Orange Cup Cake
  • Popem
  • Golden Cup Cake
  • Golden Krimpet

Name this snack cake.

  • Chocodile
  • Creme Puck
  • Ding Dong
  • Big Wheel

Name this snack cake.

  • Entenmann Popette
  • Mrs. Freshley's Big Bear
  • Moon Pie
  • Little Debbie Marshmallow Pie

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  • Chocodile
  • Swiss Roll
  • Ding Dong
  • Big Wheel

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Forget the crack. Kids are dealing Snickers

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And you thought the green-beret'd Girl Scouts and their cookies were enterprising little kids?

In Victorville, CA, the latest trend at schools is an underground sugar trade. With candy and other "bad" snacks banned from school campuses, kids are selling contraband Snickers and Twinkies right out of their backpacks.

According to Jim Nason, principal at Hook Junior High School in Victorville, it's become quite a lucrative business for the dealers. Kids bring things like candy bars, soda, and even energy drinks from home in their "sack lunch" and turn around and sell them for a healthy profit, with some kids walking around school with upwards of $40 in cash.

While I understand this is a bit of a problem for the schools and parents, I have to hand it to the kids -- at least we can count on them to be very good businesspeople when they grow up.

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Filed under: Cooking With Kids, Health & Medical, Food Politics, Ingredients

Corporate bakery losing sales

Hostess/twinkies delivery truckI was always more of a Little Debbie fan. Star crunches were my absolute favorite. I still sometimes gaze longingly at them at the grocery store. I wonder how they're doing, since reports on their main competition, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, are not looking too good.

The maker of Hostess Cakes, Twinkies, and Wonder Bread has been losing sales for the last quarter at least. And in January alone the company lost $18.9 million. That's the biggest drop since Interstate Bakeries went into bankruptcy in late 2004.

I feel bad for the workers who actually make the products. They'll be the first to get hit. By the same token, I do not feel bad about what the drop in sales could mean. Hopefully people are starting to eat more wholesome and fewer processed foods. This may be a sign that consumers are moving away from foods that can last forever.

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Filed under: Business, Ingredients, Bakeries

Banana-creme Twinkies are back for good

Fans of limited-edition banana-creme Twinkies rejoice! Hostess resumed selling the lightly banana-flavored treats last week and plans to keep them around.

Banana creme was the original filling of the sugar-laden sponge cake when it was first introduced in 1930. A banana shortage forced Hostess to switch to vanilla creme in the 1940s. Since then Hostess has brought back banana Twinkies, but only for limited periods of time. Most recently the fruity treats hit the shelves to promote the film King Kong. Thanks to a 20 percent spike in total Twinkie sales during the promotion Hostess decided to permanently add the flavor to its lineup. I'd like to know what these puppies would taste like wrapped in bacon and then dropped in a deep fryer.

Filed under: Pop Food, Ingredients

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