Three Ways We Are Getting Fatter
Everyone just made a huge deal about the KFC Double Down. The DD is child’s play compared to what I have for you today! The Double Down (only?) has 540 calories, and a ridiculous amount of sodium. How about a 1,000 breakfast? Or how about putting a piece of cheese cake in between a stack of pancakes? Ladies and Gentlemen…SHIT JUST GOT REAL.
1. The IHOP Stacker: We start this list off with the IHOP Stacker. This fat S.O.B. consists of two pancakes with a piece of cheesecake in between them. BUT WAIT! I am not done yet! Then we put “fruit chipole” and whipped cream to top it off. I am surprised this shit and flowered and dunked into a deep fryer too.
2. Hardee’s Biscuit of Death: Wow, this doesn’t even look like it would taste good. People are crazy… Anyways, this bad mama-jamma consists of two biscuits, eggs, sausage, and gravy. (uhh I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Seriously! Look at this monster!
3. More Bad News For Chocolate Lovers: A resent study done on people’s mood and the food they eat showed that people who had 12 servings per month were the most depressed. The people that ate the least (5.4 servings/month) were also the least depressed. So if you want to feel better put down the Hershey’s and Russell Stover’s before you load your iPod up with the Cure and cry yourself to sleep. (The Cure is an awesome band, just not when you are crying like Dawson/QB2 from Varsity Blues.
Dude. That iHop Stacker is freaking awesome! I’m hitting that on my next load up day. It is going to be awesome!!!
Joey! No! Don’t pick Pacey!!!!
Friggin sweet Kevin. That was the lamest TV moment of my teenage years.
LOL, great post Kev
Mmm, this thread is making me hungry!
Reminds me of http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ nom nom nom
Point number three is a bit misleading… correlation != causation and I think you know that. It could be that depressed people are self-medicating with food.
The email that you sent out about this post noted that the DD only has 540 cal. I can’t beleive that for a minute… their grilled version has more according to their nutritional information… how do they explain the fact that the same sandwich minus a 1/4″ of greasy breading surrounding both pieces of chicken has less calories than something that was grilled without skin? I think I read somewhere that the fried DD has closer to 1100cal.
But what this post ultimately accomplished was a nearly uncontrollable desire for IHOP…
The grilled DD has 460 calories. Neither DD is huge, but it’s very filling. Two small fillets of chicken breast filled with bacony-cheesy deliciousness.
It’s awesome if you ditch The Colonel’s Sauce (which just sounds wrong). I’m not sure how many cals are in the soybean oil based sauce, but it’s no good for you, either way.
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Yeah I have to agree with the point above. Correlation does not mean causation. If it did you could make all sorts of claims!
As a Psychology student who has just taken a module in Nutrition and Behaviour I can also state that the evidence for chocolate on mood is far from conclusive.
Conditions like SAD particularly raise questions about people self-medicating because they feel depressed. It is particularly likely with foods high in carbohydrate such as chocolate (also it also contains high levels of fat) which potrentially affects several neurotransmitter systems (including dopamine, serotonin and endorphins) that contribute to appetite, reward and mood regulation.
Some studies:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T2X-4JHMXTV-3&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2006&_alid=1318210593&_rdoc=3&_fmt=full&_orig=search&_cdi=4930&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1137&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=ae6750be07cf9d24f3db02214862f388#secx6
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB2-4M7CM96-1&_user=10&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F2007&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=8&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=6698&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=91c98e0016cc77a1672257a92815c0e1
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T2X-4JHMXTV-3&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2006&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=4930&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=7290a979c30099bed1de8210842b3827
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7MF9-4PSK1YC-C&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2007&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=2&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=23253&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=178d2187389925ec54293784b655f7f5
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB2-4JHMXSG-3&_user=10&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2006&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=4&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=6698&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=68b43f9a67ebe84428ce4ff159ecd196
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB2-4NTBFF1-1&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2007&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=3&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=6698&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d8f096445de8936eb676908fb8ee61b7
I’ve thought the IHOP pancake thingie looked halfway good if I was going to indulge. The KFC “sandwich” not so much. Those biscuits look awesome though. It might be that I’m from a bit more southerly latitude than you, but I could totally go for that this morning – though I think the sausage patty is pretty superfluous considering there’s sausage in the gravy already.
Instead I’m having a banana and black coffee for breakfast. Damn you Kevin for tempting me!