The C List On Our Diet Report Card

Cute & Cuddly - Foods that receive a C are standing smack dab in the middle of the Still Diet Waters AND the Raging Diet Waters.

 

Some of the C graded foods may even be beneficial to good health.  And some of the foods listed may even be considered taboo to dieters who may be pleasantly surprised to learn that sometimes dieting means never having to say, "I'm sorry, I can't have that."  Well, almost never.

  

THE GRADING SCALE FOR POPULAR C FOODS
Chocolate	Once ounce of semi-sweet chocolate contains about 150 calories.  But don't count chocolate completely out of your diet plan. Make that a dark chocolate and you'll get a snap of healthy heart benefits.     One important key to weight loss is limiting high calorie foods. A small dark chocolate Hershey's Kiss makes a fab diet treat for a tiny amount of calories.
Cheeseburger	A typical cheeseburger contains about 550 calories when prepared on a large bun. But don't count out cheeseburgers while dieting. The lettuce, tomatoes, onions, bread, meat and yes, even the cheese are all foods that can be pulled from the official food pyramid. You can trim a good 200 calories from a homemade cheeseburger by: Purchasing extra lean meat (ground beef or turkey); Using less meat in your burger; Using a small wheat bun over an extra large white bun; the wheat bun is also more filling than a white bun and is one of the good carbs - a complex carb; Toasting your bun with no calorie butter spray or butter flavored non-stick cooking spray; Drop the pickles unless you have a passion for them; the sodium content tends to blow one up and lends the false impression of weight gain; Grab the mustard (and catsup if you're a catsup lover) rather than Mayo OR use light Mayo.
Coconut Cream	Coconut Cream contains about 145 calories per 1/4 cup which translates to about 500 calories per cup. Use sparingly if at all while dieting.
Cornbread	A cube of cornbread that is approximately 2 inches by 2 inches contains about 140 calories - depending upon the ingredients used in the recipe. But don't count cornbread out of your diet plan - simply skinny it up.  Substitute skimmed milk for whole milk, egg substitute for real eggs, Splenda for sugar when making sweet cornbread, and cut the oil by half while adding 1 additional egg OR egg substitute. Fabulous when served with a tiny bait of beans.
Croissant	A croissant contains about 250 calories AND UP and will vary widely depending upon the ingredients used, and the size of the croissant. Butter adds light years to the calorie content. A dieter would be better served by opting for a wheat roll or an English muffin.

 

The foods listed above are a mix of natural and processed items which will help us in answering our throbbing diet question:

Are some foods unhealthy OR are all foods healthy and simply become unhealthy due to cooking and processing methods?

 

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