Comments on: My Breakfast – Coffee and 4 “Timebits” http://johnbarban.com/my-breakfast-coffee-and-4-timebits/ Diet Nutrition Exercise Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:19:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: johnbarban http://johnbarban.com/my-breakfast-coffee-and-4-timebits/#comment-1865 johnbarban Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:33:44 +0000 http://johnbarban.com/?p=631#comment-1865 It's the coffee time version of the "timbit" For those of you who aren't familiar with tim hortons items I guess they are called "munchkins" at dunkin donuts in the states. JB It’s the coffee time version of the “timbit”

For those of you who aren’t familiar with tim hortons items I guess they are called “munchkins” at dunkin donuts in the states.

JB

]]> By: Anthony http://johnbarban.com/my-breakfast-coffee-and-4-timebits/#comment-1863 Anthony Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:31:31 +0000 http://johnbarban.com/?p=631#comment-1863 what is a timebit? what is a timebit?

]]> By: johnbarban http://johnbarban.com/my-breakfast-coffee-and-4-timebits/#comment-1860 johnbarban Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:43:12 +0000 http://johnbarban.com/?p=631#comment-1860 Kenneth, Glad you brought this up. Food labels are an average or an estimate of what the food item 'should' have. Sometimes it overestimates and sometimes it underestimates. For example: If you go out and buy a 6 pack of muffins from the bakery all 6 of them might not be exactly the same weight, so 3 of them might have slightly more calories than the others (even though they're in one package with one nutrition label giving a calorie count for all of them) I would suggest as a general rule to assume that the foods we eat have more calories than we assume. This way at least we are err on the side of lower calories than higher. JB Kenneth,

Glad you brought this up. Food labels are an average or an estimate of what the food item ‘should’ have. Sometimes it overestimates and sometimes it underestimates.

For example: If you go out and buy a 6 pack of muffins from the bakery all 6 of them might not be exactly the same weight, so 3 of them might have slightly more calories than the others (even though they’re in one package with one nutrition label giving a calorie count for all of them)

I would suggest as a general rule to assume that the foods we eat have more calories than we assume. This way at least we are err on the side of lower calories than higher.

JB

]]> By: Kenneth http://johnbarban.com/my-breakfast-coffee-and-4-timebits/#comment-1857 Kenneth Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:28:07 +0000 http://johnbarban.com/?p=631#comment-1857 Hey John , Did you read this Yahoo article http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/caloriecountsonfoodlabelingoftenoff.html;_ylt=AixSl0IQ1anf.Jwz_fNbmIpLvs8F It stated that many calorie labels are off, should people be concerned about it or just follow exactly what is written on the box? Thanks Hey John ,

Did you read this Yahoo article

http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/caloriecountsonfoodlabelingoftenoff.html;_ylt=AixSl0IQ1anf.Jwz_fNbmIpLvs8F

It stated that many calorie labels are off, should people be concerned about it or just follow exactly what is written on the box? Thanks

]]> By: johnbarban http://johnbarban.com/my-breakfast-coffee-and-4-timebits/#comment-1854 johnbarban Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:28:22 +0000 http://johnbarban.com/?p=631#comment-1854 Dave, I never consider the fat or sugar content of the food I eat...just the total calories. JB Dave,

I never consider the fat or sugar content of the food I eat…just the total calories.

JB

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