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Last weekend I saw a baseball game at Cleveland’s Progressive Field. One concession stand specialized in over-the-top fun food—it offered the infamous fried Twinkie, fried cookie dough, even a deep-fried Snickers bar. I decided to eat more healthfully, and went with a beer and bratwurst.
It being state fair season, thousands of visitors will likely be tempted by food booths offering up items similar to the ones I saw in Cleveland. So the Mayo Clinic’s Donald Hensrud, who specializes in nutrition and preventive medicine, issued some tips to help people weather the potential fried food overload.
First, eat something healthful, like some fruit, before you go.
Get in some exercise at the fair—chances are you’ll walk a fair amount.
Split your portions with family and friends. You’ll get to taste more items and may find that just a bite or two of fried dough is enough.
Drink water. It’s filling and has no calories.
And perhaps most important: if you overdo it, don’t freak out. Go back to eating normally the next day. Unless you’re going to a ball game.
—Steve Mirsky
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5 Comments
Add CommentIt would be a cruel insult to your amazing body to put that kind of crap into it. You need to respect and love your body and giving your body a deep fried twinkie is like telling your body----I hate you.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThis is it? An article with as many useless calories as a deep fried twinkie. Must be a holiday coming up ...
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Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThis is the guy who lost 25 lbs by eating, among other things, twinkies. There's literally no secret to how: he exercised portion control, while eating only junk food.
It's not what you eat, it's how much. Just don't eat fresh ozone or arsenic or more than 1300-1800 calories a day, you'll be fine.
Sometimes it's really hard to restrain the impulse to eat, in order to keep fit. Especially when you have the thought that you may eat a little the next day...( So you just try your best to eat as much as possible today)
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisOh but deep fried snicker bars are so good! I follow the tip of splitting with someone else (they're so rich I couldn't eat one by myself even if I wanted to), but even if I didn't split, I don't think my once a year snicker fix would change the course of my entire life.
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