2008年4月11日 星期五
在美國最不應該食的20種食物
看的時候記住每人每日平均需要大約 2000 卡路里.
Eat at your own risk:
20: Worst Fast-Food Chicken Meal - Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with cream ranch sauce. 830 Calories, 55 grams fat (4.5 trans fat), 48 carbs. Add a large fries and regular soda and this seemingly innocuous chicken meal tops out at 1,710 calories.
19: Worst drink - Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo'd Power Smoothie (30 fl oz). 900 calories, 10 g fat, 183 carbs, 166 g sugar. Jamba Juice calls it a smoothie, MSNBC calls it a milk shake. The beverage contains as much sugar as 8 pints of Ben & Jerry's butter pecan ice cream.
18: Worst supermarket meal - Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie (whole pie). 1,020 calories, 64 g fat, 86 g carbs. Label may say this pie serves two, but, who ever divided a small pot pie in half? Once you crack the crust, there will be no stopping.
17: Worst 'healthy' burger - Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger. 1,145 calories, 71 g fat, 56 g carbs.
16: Worst Mexican entree - Chipotle Mexican Grill Chicken Burrito. 1,179 calories, 47 g fat, 125 g carbs, 2,656 mg sodium.
15: Worst kids' meal - Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni 'n' Cheese. 1,210 calories, 62 g fat, 3,450 mg sodium. It's like feeding your kid 1-1/2 boxes of Kraft mac 'n' cheese.
14: Worst sandwich - Quiznos Classic Italian (large). 1,528 calories, 92 g fat, 4,604 mg sodium, 110 g carbs. A large homemade sandwich would more likely provide about 500 calories.
13: Worst salad - On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef. 1,450 calories, 102 g fat, 78 g carbs, 2,410 mg sodium. This isn't an anomaly: Five different On the Border salads on the menu contain more than 1,100 calories each.
12: Worst burger - Carl's Jr. (Hardee's on East Coast) Double Six Dollar Burger. 1,520 calories! , 111g fat. Carl's Jr. brags it's home to this enormous sandwich, but the restaurant chain also provides convenient nutrition info on its Web site -- so ignorance is no excuse for eating it.
11: Worst steak - Lonestar 20 oz T-bone. 1,540 calories, 124g fat. Add a baked potato and Lonestar's Signature Lettuce Wedge, and this is a 2,700 calorie blowout
10: Worst breakfast - Bob Evans Caramel Banana Pecan Cream Stacked and Stuffed hotcakes. 1,540 calories, 77 g fat (9 g trans fat), 198 g carbs, 109 g sugar. Five Egg McMuffins yield the same caloric cost as this stack of sugar-stuffed flapjacks, which is truly a heavy breakfast, weighing in at a hefty pound and a half.
9: Worst dessert - Chili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. 1,600 calories, 78 g fat, 215 g carbs. Would you eat a Big Mac for dessert? How about three? That's the calorie equivalent of this decadent dish. Clearly, Chili's customers get their money's worth.
8: Worst Chinese entree - P.F. Chang's Pork Lo Mein. 1,820 calories, 127 g fat,! 95 g carbs. The fat content in this dish alone provides more than 1,100 calories. And you'd have to eat almost five servings of pasta to match the number of carbs it contains. Now, do you really need five servings of pasta?
7: Worst chicken entree - Chili's Honey Chipotle Crispers with Chipotle Sauce. 2,040 calories, 99 g fat, 240 g carbs. 'Crispers' refers to an extra thick layer of break crumbs that soak up oil and adds unnecessary calories and carbs to these glorified chicken strips.
6: Worst fish entree - On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Rice and Beans. 2,100 calories, 130 g fat, 169 g carbs, 4,700 mg sodium. Perhaps the most misleadingly named dish in America : A dozen crunchy tacos from Taco Bell will saddle you with fewer calories.
5: Worst pizza - Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza. 2,310 calories, 162 g fat, 123 g carbs, 4,470 mg sodium. Downing this 'personal' pizza is equivalent to eating 18 slices of Domino's Crunchy Thin Crust cheese pizza.
4: Worst pasta - Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce. 2,430 calories, 128 g fat, 207 g carbs, 5,290 mg sodium. This meal satisfied your calorie requirements for an entire day.
3: Worst nachos - On the Border Stacked Border Nachos. 2,740 calories, 166 g fat, 191 g carbs, 5,280 sodium.
2: Worst starter - Chili's Awesome Blossom. 2,710 calories, 203 g fat, 194 g carbs, 6,360 mg sodium.
1: The worst food in America - Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing. 2,900 calories, 182g fat, 240g carbs. Even if you split these 'starters' with three friends, you'll have downed a dinner's worth of calories before you entree arrives.
Eat at your own risk:
20: Worst Fast-Food Chicken Meal - Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with cream ranch sauce. 830 Calories, 55 grams fat (4.5 trans fat), 48 carbs. Add a large fries and regular soda and this seemingly innocuous chicken meal tops out at 1,710 calories.
19: Worst drink - Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo'd Power Smoothie (30 fl oz). 900 calories, 10 g fat, 183 carbs, 166 g sugar. Jamba Juice calls it a smoothie, MSNBC calls it a milk shake. The beverage contains as much sugar as 8 pints of Ben & Jerry's butter pecan ice cream.
18: Worst supermarket meal - Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie (whole pie). 1,020 calories, 64 g fat, 86 g carbs. Label may say this pie serves two, but, who ever divided a small pot pie in half? Once you crack the crust, there will be no stopping.
17: Worst 'healthy' burger - Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger. 1,145 calories, 71 g fat, 56 g carbs.
16: Worst Mexican entree - Chipotle Mexican Grill Chicken Burrito. 1,179 calories, 47 g fat, 125 g carbs, 2,656 mg sodium.
15: Worst kids' meal - Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni 'n' Cheese. 1,210 calories, 62 g fat, 3,450 mg sodium. It's like feeding your kid 1-1/2 boxes of Kraft mac 'n' cheese.
14: Worst sandwich - Quiznos Classic Italian (large). 1,528 calories, 92 g fat, 4,604 mg sodium, 110 g carbs. A large homemade sandwich would more likely provide about 500 calories.
13: Worst salad - On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef. 1,450 calories, 102 g fat, 78 g carbs, 2,410 mg sodium. This isn't an anomaly: Five different On the Border salads on the menu contain more than 1,100 calories each.
12: Worst burger - Carl's Jr. (Hardee's on East Coast) Double Six Dollar Burger. 1,520 calories! , 111g fat. Carl's Jr. brags it's home to this enormous sandwich, but the restaurant chain also provides convenient nutrition info on its Web site -- so ignorance is no excuse for eating it.
11: Worst steak - Lonestar 20 oz T-bone. 1,540 calories, 124g fat. Add a baked potato and Lonestar's Signature Lettuce Wedge, and this is a 2,700 calorie blowout
10: Worst breakfast - Bob Evans Caramel Banana Pecan Cream Stacked and Stuffed hotcakes. 1,540 calories, 77 g fat (9 g trans fat), 198 g carbs, 109 g sugar. Five Egg McMuffins yield the same caloric cost as this stack of sugar-stuffed flapjacks, which is truly a heavy breakfast, weighing in at a hefty pound and a half.
9: Worst dessert - Chili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. 1,600 calories, 78 g fat, 215 g carbs. Would you eat a Big Mac for dessert? How about three? That's the calorie equivalent of this decadent dish. Clearly, Chili's customers get their money's worth.
8: Worst Chinese entree - P.F. Chang's Pork Lo Mein. 1,820 calories, 127 g fat,! 95 g carbs. The fat content in this dish alone provides more than 1,100 calories. And you'd have to eat almost five servings of pasta to match the number of carbs it contains. Now, do you really need five servings of pasta?
7: Worst chicken entree - Chili's Honey Chipotle Crispers with Chipotle Sauce. 2,040 calories, 99 g fat, 240 g carbs. 'Crispers' refers to an extra thick layer of break crumbs that soak up oil and adds unnecessary calories and carbs to these glorified chicken strips.
6: Worst fish entree - On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Rice and Beans. 2,100 calories, 130 g fat, 169 g carbs, 4,700 mg sodium. Perhaps the most misleadingly named dish in America : A dozen crunchy tacos from Taco Bell will saddle you with fewer calories.
5: Worst pizza - Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza. 2,310 calories, 162 g fat, 123 g carbs, 4,470 mg sodium. Downing this 'personal' pizza is equivalent to eating 18 slices of Domino's Crunchy Thin Crust cheese pizza.
4: Worst pasta - Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce. 2,430 calories, 128 g fat, 207 g carbs, 5,290 mg sodium. This meal satisfied your calorie requirements for an entire day.
3: Worst nachos - On the Border Stacked Border Nachos. 2,740 calories, 166 g fat, 191 g carbs, 5,280 sodium.
2: Worst starter - Chili's Awesome Blossom. 2,710 calories, 203 g fat, 194 g carbs, 6,360 mg sodium.
1: The worst food in America - Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing. 2,900 calories, 182g fat, 240g carbs. Even if you split these 'starters' with three friends, you'll have downed a dinner's worth of calories before you entree arrives.
2008年4月1日 星期二
而同
從來都不會追求吃甚麼鮑蔘翅肚, 身為營養師亦知道有營養的食物絕對不是這麼價值不非, 我卻不知道原來這些所謂寶品,得來的確造成許多傷害。
摘自Annka的xanga, please help spread the message.
擺酒走魚翅
摘自Annka的xanga, please help spread the message.
擺酒走魚翅
有一件事，讓我一直耿耿於懷。
我雖不是熱衷的環保份子，不過近年一直都拒絕吃魚翅。那是因為人類捕殺魚翅的手法實在是太太殘忍了。
(摘自轉寄電郵) 「很多漁民都是在外海獵捕鯊魚!!補到之後便在現場將鯊魚身上的魚鰭全部割下!! (請注意!!在這個階段鯊魚仍是活的!!!)
全部割完後鯊魚仍不會死亡!!!漁民便將鯊魚丟回海浬!鯊魚便躺在海底靜靜的等待死亡!! 期間可以看見鯊魚一直努力的扭動著身體但卻無法動彈。因為牠身上所有的鰭已經被割去!!包括尾鰭!!胸鰭!!背鰭!!
如此掙扎要數天之久鯊魚才會餓死!!!請注意喔!!是餓死!!!和流血流盡而死!!!!! 人類餓死就是死!!其他動物餓死就活該死好!!還記得之前有一部電影"駭客任務"!!裡面有一段話真的讓我深深有所認同!! 那時有一個"電腦人"對著第二男主角說他在作物種分類時發現所有的哺乳類動物均會對地球會有所貢獻!!但我們人類雖然是哺乳類動物但只會對地球造成傷害!!
人類所到之處只會無所不用其極的耗盡當地的資源!!而這種行為又剛跟某種生物相同---那就是"病毒"
最後只希望各位能盡量的將這些照片轉寄出去!!讓大家都知道我們人類的惡行!!
寄望因為這些照片而減少對地球生態的傷害!!! 看完之後...覺得很難過....就像燕窩跟象牙一樣.....任賢齊在Discovery頻道常叫大家別吃魚翅，請大家多響應吧！想吃魚翅，不如吃粉絲算了！想吃燕窩可以吃白木耳， 口感一樣而且又較健康！這種事已發生很久了，但有些人類還是無情的殘害動物！口不擇食的結果...我想，人類也得不到好處！
正在宰殺中的鯊魚，還是活生生的，正如被活生生斬去手腳一般。最後失去魚鰭的鯊魚，因為動彈不得，活生生地因為饑餓及流血流盡，數天後才死去！
記 得香港電台曾經談論起環保的事情，中國人愛吃魚翅，好難改變飲食文化和思想，尤其在婚禮宴席，接著說到有一位女藝人要結婚，因為環保的關係，快要結婚女兒 說酒席裡不要魚翅，結果她的父親氣得面紅耳赤大聲說：「婚禮酒席怎可以沒有魚翅的．．．」聽到這裡，相信這是老一輩子改不了的傳統觀念？。」
定酒席菜式的時候，我本想刪除魚翅一項。結果，同上。到現在我還是有點後悔當初沒有堅持。
我有建議說我可以自己在晚宴期間跟嘉賓解釋，就像我告訴大家我們已把造小禮物的小小金錢拿去助養小孩了，大家都拍掌支持。效果不是很好嗎? 有誰會在乎我的一塊巧克力、一瓶蜜糖、一個鎖匙扣或一對筷子? 經濟中的Utility就最能解釋清楚了。
l 假設Utility Level為 1-10
l 每份禮物budget $10
l 一份小禮物帶給主人家的Utility約為 1-2 (compare with all the more important things on your wedding day)
l 帶給賓客的Utility約為 0.1-0.2 (by my own experience)
l $10 x 12人x 30圍酒席 = $3,600 = 助養一個小孩 514天
l 小孩的Utility為 10 x 514 = 5,140
l 賓客+主人家的Utility則少於100
錢要花得「值」，有意義更好。我們都已經很富裕和幸福了。
錦上添花 vs 雪中送炭
2008年1月17日 星期四
而聞
（法新社巴黎 十六日電） 今天公佈的研究指出，出生時身長較短的男嬰，成年後自殺的機率，特別是以殘暴方式自殺的機率，比常人高兩倍。
「英國 流行病與社區健康期刊」公佈的研究說，即使是一般身高的男性，出生時身長不到四十七公分者，自殺的機率幾乎還是一樣高。
出生時的體重也是男性在某個時間點自戕的因素，要是再加上身高低於標準，風險更高。
出生時體重不到兩千五百公克，但成年後身高標準的男性，以殘暴方式自殺的可能性是常人的二點五倍以上。
而身形小又體重不足的早產兒，成年後以殘暴方式自殺的比率，是懷孕三十八週到四十週後出生者的四倍。
所謂以殘暴方式自殺的定義是，以上吊、刀槍、跳樓、撞車、跳水等方法自殺。
這份由斯德哥爾摩卡洛林斯卡研究所成員魯茲領導的研究也發現，排除出生時體重或身長的因素，身高本身就是自殺的原因。
身高較矮的男性，即使出生時身長標準，企圖自殺的比率是常人的一半以上；一般來說，身高愈高愈不會嘗試自殺。
研究以瑞典國家戶政數據為基礎，研究對象涵蓋一九七三到一九八零年間出生的近三十二萬男嬰。
研究人員推測，腦部的血清素或能解釋他們的發現。
血清素對腦部發展非常重要，血清素量低，可能讓人咄咄逼人、衝動，出現自殺行為，數種抗憂鬱藥物即是在調節血清素量。
2008年1月15日 星期二
而家唔開心
don't even wanna bother typing Chinese. I'm just very upset today and needed to let it out. Felt totally misunderstood, not being cared of, and not being appreciated at all. don't even know why did I bother walking to work in the snow... they made it sounded like I exaggerated about the traffic situation or something... she was definitely not understanding at all and did not care how in the world did i get there
the fact is that i was late for 2.5 hr, doesn't matter what happened to that stupid road this morning. if they could get there, why couldn't I? right?
I just want to get out of this place... let me go. These people are ridiculous.
fyi, that red truck was stuck too, its rear tire slided into the ditch. i.e. no car was able to go up or down that wonderfully designed road.
the fact is that i was late for 2.5 hr, doesn't matter what happened to that stupid road this morning. if they could get there, why couldn't I? right?
I just want to get out of this place... let me go. These people are ridiculous.
fyi, that red truck was stuck too, its rear tire slided into the ditch. i.e. no car was able to go up or down that wonderfully designed road.
2008年1月10日 星期四
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