If I were blond, I'd say I had a blond moment. Since I'm brunette, I don't know what excuse to use. I wanted to know how many grams of sugar I add to my cup of tea, so I opened the cupboard, turned the sugar bag sideways to see the nutrition label, and read, "One serving = 1/4 cup (30g)." Wow! That seems like a very generous serving size, but then some breakfast cereals have about that many grams of sugar per serving, so maybe one bowl of frosted mini-wheats has one serving of sugar. Hey, it could be. I read on, "One serving = 3g protein." Really? I had no idea sugar had protein in it. Great! "One serving = less than 1g sugar." Huh? Wait a minute... how can a 30g serving of sugar, have less than 1g of sugar in it? Something's fishy here. Oh wait, something's floury here. That bag of sugar... was actually a bag of flour. Oops.
Which is so sad! Because now all of a sudden my sugar serving size dropped from a quarter cup to a mere teaspoon (4g)! And now I have to live with the knowledge that one of my favorite breakfast cereals has seven servings of sugar -- ugh! I didn't want to know! Dumb nutrition labels. Ignorance was bliss. Maybe I should add flour to my tea instead.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Made me laugh! You can blame it on the flu/cold/whatever it is!!
Made me laugh too! I read labels closely, so I can picture myself doing the same thing! My problem here is that everything is on the metric system. So when I go to the deli counter at the grocery store to buy some cheese, they want to know how many grams I want. My only reference is what I learned in elementary school- one gram is about the same as a paperclip. How many paperclips worth of cheese do I want?! Makes me feel like a big, giant dork.
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