Re: Re: fast foods

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Only one problem here......we dont need to count calories or fat grams with

the Ds....fats ARE our friends. Dont need to count cholesterol either.

Carb grams? Maybe. If that whopper is all you are going to have for the

day(with the bun) it probably makes no difference. I always lose a lb the

next day after eating one!!

I pay absolutly no attention to fats, calories nor the other stuff.......and

if Im having carbs at a meal I try to have it under 35 mg. but its not a

hard and fast rule.

Works great for me.......

Judie

Re: fast foods

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> > Why are all fast foods good for the DS patient???

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> > i

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> Hiya i!

>

> Having just finished reading " Fast Food Nation " , I wouldn't say

> fast foods are " good " for anyone, not even DS patients. I don't

> eat fast food now and I won't after surgery unless absolutely

> necessary. Fast food is " good " for a DS patient in that DSers

> don't absorb as much of the fat calories as someone who hasn't

> had surgery.

>

> I was curious so I did a comparison between a Whopper and a

> burger I would make at home. The only positive I could see to

> the Whopper (aside from convenience) was 5 extra grams of

> protein and 191 extra milligrams of calcium. BTW, I worked at

> Burger King in high school. I can assure you they do not give you

> a 3oz beef patty. Their own web site says 2.6oz, and that's

> probably before cooking. =) -

>

> Burger King Whopper w/ Cheese w/ everything

> 785 calories

> 33 g protein

> 48 g fat

> 55 g carbs

> 1635 mg sodium

> 250 mg calcium

> 300 mg cholesterol

>

> 3oz extra lean ground beef, 2 slices of whole wheat bread,

> catsup (or ketchup?), onion, tomato and lettuce:

> 362 calories

> 28 g protein

> 16 g fat

> 32 g carbs (from everything but the beef)

> 299 mg sodium

> 59 mg calcium

> 71 mg cholesterol (from the beef)

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