Let’s face it. We’ve all gone on a diet at some point in our lives. Sometimes it’s frustrating. It can be discouraging. Most of these feelings are due to the wonderful array of snacks, sweets and other fatty delicious foods that beckon us.
They are everywhere we turn! They are unavoidable. And unless you’re packing a reserve of will power every day, you might fall weak.
Recently, a health expert posted this infographic on Twitter. It represents the differences between eating Krispy Kreme doughnuts or drinking a 20 oz soda.
Would you eat 6 donuts? #Perspective. #nutrition #food #health pic.twitter.com/H9CUMaXvLT
— Mark Milligan (@MarkMilliganDPT) May 26, 2019
At first glance, you may think, “Whoa! There are 6 doughnuts packed into one soda?” That’s a lot of sugar. But most of us may say, “Damn, I’d rather have the doughnuts.”
But looking more carefully, you’ll find this comparison doesn’t add up. Take these Twitter responses for example.
Yeah, is that how it works tho?
Not the intended outcome…
Sophia is right. The Health Expert’s end game was meant to discourage the overconsumption of sugar, which we can all agree on. But he should have taken some time to research this infographic.
I’ve taken the liberty in analyzing this to help put this in perspective.
Here are the nutritional labels for said doughnut versus that of a 20 oz Coca-Cola.
Photo Credit: Krispy Kreme and Coca-Cola
Pay attention to the sugars and calories in this example.
- For every one doughnut consumed you rack up 250 calories and 22 grams of sugar.
- Multiply this by 6 (like in the infographic) and you end up with 1,500 calories / 132 sugars.
- Hmmmm. Doesn’t add up to the coke weighing in at 240 calories / 65 sugars.
So here is the issue: The infographic should state that you can consume only 3 doughnuts to equal the amount of sugar in an ice cold Coke.
But most Twitter users didn’t even care about that. They simply want doughnuts. And I can’t blame them! Besides, doughnuts actually have some nutritional value. Like protein and iron. Where the sad little Coca-Cola has none.
https://twitter.com/JoshNi10/status/1133226043530047488
The thing to remember here is doughnuts are awesome and you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet.
