If I eat the snack size bag or bar, it’s okay because it’s less calories. Right? This is true, but according to a recent study published by the Journal of Consumer Research this could spell trouble for chronic dieters. They reported that people who are continually dieting tend to eat more junk food because they eat more of the snack size portions of these junk foods. They underestimate the number of calories they are still consuming, and they think because it’s in a small package that it’s a diet food.
Junk food in a smaller package is still junk food and not the type of calories that you want to be consuming for energy and fuel. If you constantly searching for the next new great diet, I encourage you to talk with a nutritionist or someone to help you develope a plan.
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August 26, 2008 at 3:17 am
Brandon Harshe
Don’t forget all the food coloring, the excitotoxins, synthetic sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup (typically made from genetically modified corn), etc. Those small little packages are not only loaded with more calories than one might think, but are also filled with disease-inducing agents. Yum!