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Ice cream is better for you than granola: surprising snack study
nypost ^ | 8/16/2022 | emily lefroy

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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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: nutrition; snackstudy; tufts; wboopi
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To: bitt

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. . . .


41 posted on 08/17/2022 6:17:18 AM PDT by RatRipper (The Biden Adm is leading an attack against US citizens . . . pure evil.)
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To: doorgunner69

Turd eats turd


42 posted on 08/17/2022 6:17:48 AM PDT by RatRipper (The Biden Adm is leading an attack against US citizens . . . pure evil.)
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To: bitt

I heard this report on TV. I think they said that pancakes are more healthy than omelets.


43 posted on 08/17/2022 6:19:41 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Sometimes when you get to where you're supposed to be, it's too soon.)
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To: bitt

So now my wife can shut the hell up.


44 posted on 08/17/2022 6:21:17 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: bitt

The “food compass” is an arse.


45 posted on 08/17/2022 6:26:15 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: bitt

Think “trail mix”.


46 posted on 08/17/2022 6:26:46 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Pollard

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


47 posted on 08/17/2022 6:34:05 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: metmom

Did I miss it or is there no fish on that chart?


48 posted on 08/17/2022 6:35:37 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: metmom

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.


49 posted on 08/17/2022 6:39:50 AM PDT by Pollard (Worm Free PureBlood)
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To: bitt

Any study ranking Cheerios ahead of eggs in nutritional value is not to be taken seriously.


50 posted on 08/17/2022 6:40:07 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,838,305 users on Truth Social)
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To: bitt

I agree.


51 posted on 08/17/2022 6:41:41 AM PDT by Candor7 (ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: ConservativeMind
Strange approach to ranking what is “best.”

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...

52 posted on 08/17/2022 8:04:02 AM PDT by null and void (they promise the jetsons but deliver the flintstones)
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To: bitt

A ice cream head ache sugar rush and flab yep a men would be a fool to pass that up.


53 posted on 08/17/2022 8:23:27 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: bitt

Thanks for the ping.


54 posted on 08/17/2022 9:24:57 AM PDT by GOPJ (The FBI has been getting more brazen about its political thuggery this last year - Mark Steyn )
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To: metmom

I wonder if writing misleading headlines, lead paragraphs and full articles is a required course in journalism school now.


55 posted on 08/17/2022 9:34:14 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: bitt

Frozen Custard is even better!

https://www.kopps.com/flavor-preview


56 posted on 08/17/2022 5:00:59 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

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.


57 posted on 08/17/2022 5:32:06 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: goodnesswins

You mean elites will get all the actual animal protein, whereas we’ll get rich guy’s bio ‘meat.”


58 posted on 08/17/2022 5:36:51 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Pollard

Genes edited veggies? What in heck are they editing in?


59 posted on 08/17/2022 5:38:34 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: NetAddicted

No. There weren’t any details on the short snippet of our local news.


60 posted on 08/17/2022 5:43:55 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Sometimes when you get to where you're supposed to be, it's too soon.)
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