Posted on 08/16/2022 9:54:22 PM PDT by bitt
Think twice about that granola bar in the morning because, yes you’re reading this correctly, ice cream may be a better option.
A new study from Tufts University in Boston has created the “Food Compass,” a “nutrient profiling system” that ranks how healthy foods are by giving options a score.
And the system is turning some preconceived notions of health on their head, namely ranking a granola bar lower than a chocolate ice cream cone topped with nuts.
Researchers spent three years investigating over 8,000 different types of food and drink, examining 54 different attributes and using “cutting edge science” to rank them — giving them a score between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most healthy.
Unsurprisingly, whole foods like fruits and vegetables ranked highly on the list — with spinach scoring a perfect 100 — whereas processed foods and fast foods like burgers with all the condiments are lower.
While the scoring is a straightforward system, the surprises came when comparing foods thought to be “healthy” with those often deemed “unhealthy.”
Fans of sweet treats will be thrilled to learn that chocolate ice cream with nuts scored 35 points while a coconut and chocolate granola bar received just 15 points. However frozen yogurt, a treat touted as the healthy alternative to ice cream, only scored 23.
Professor Dariush Mozaffarian told the Daily Mail the reason the granola bar ranks lower than ice cream is that it’s made of “mostly refined starch and sugar” while its dairy competitor contains protein and nutrients.
When choosing breakfast, something involving eggs seems like a solid choice, but according to the Food Compass, an egg omelet — a dish many would perceive as being healthy — ranked only 51, while Cheerios scored a 95.
The compass identified eggs are high in protein
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As a Type II diabetic, you find sugar in lots of places you don’t expecting. unfortunately, many salad dressing are some of the worst. Thank God for Skinny Girl salad dressings. . . .
Turd eats turd
I heard this report on TV. I think they said that pancakes are more healthy than omelets.
So now my wife can shut the hell up.
The “food compass” is an arse.
Think “trail mix”.
Just like the USDA food pyramid of past...What a joke...but you can see where it is heading...little animal products...and the elites will get all the healthy food
Did I miss it or is there no fish on that chart?
Odd selection but the bigger point is that they say Lucky Charms is better for you than eggs, dairy products or beef.
These are the same type people who want to get rid of livestock and have us eat bugs, cultured meat and CRISPR Cas9 gene-edited veggies grown in vertical indoor farms. All patented foods.
Any study ranking Cheerios ahead of eggs in nutritional value is not to be taken seriously.
I agree.
Not if the study sponsor list includes names like Bend & Cherry, Bleeew Bunny, various dairy industry interests, Dairy Royalty, Bastard Robins, etc., to not exactly name a few...
Wouldn't want to get sued, but the hit dog does yelp...
A ice cream head ache sugar rush and flab yep a men would be a fool to pass that up.
Thanks for the ping.
I wonder if writing misleading headlines, lead paragraphs and full articles is a required course in journalism school now.
Did they specify what type of omelet or if pancakes were made with whole grains? On The Five, Judge Jeannine said her spinach omelets are healthy, and I agree. I saw another of those chart, and it looks like they rank eggs and cheese very low. I buy reduced fat cheese, which has less fat and calories. I still ain’t read article, so I don’t know if they’re very specific on those nutritional details.
You mean elites will get all the actual animal protein, whereas we’ll get rich guy’s bio ‘meat.”
Genes edited veggies? What in heck are they editing in?
No. There weren’t any details on the short snippet of our local news.
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