Sad But True
We all think of McDonald's as bad-for-you fast food, but how many of us put Starbucks into that category? It's interesting to think about the fact that Starbucks's "cool cache" keeps us from thinking of it as fast food. This article peeks behind the green curtain, as it were:
"I said no thanks to the virtuous sounding no-sugar-added banana walnut coffee cake after learning that it has 480 calories and 30 grams of fat... And to put this in prospective, the much-maligned McDonald's Quarter Pounder weighs in at 410 calories and 19 grams of fat."
I know from years of cruising DWLZ that basically every pastry there, even the ones that sound healthy, are terrible for you. (I had no idea that no-sugar-added thing was so bad, though; I have had the no-sugar-added carrot loaf on numerous occasions. No more, though. I might as well have that 10-point blueberry scone I really want.) And I drink nonfat sugar free hazelnut lattes these days. And they are delightful.
Via Starbucks Gossip.
"I said no thanks to the virtuous sounding no-sugar-added banana walnut coffee cake after learning that it has 480 calories and 30 grams of fat... And to put this in prospective, the much-maligned McDonald's Quarter Pounder weighs in at 410 calories and 19 grams of fat."
I know from years of cruising DWLZ that basically every pastry there, even the ones that sound healthy, are terrible for you. (I had no idea that no-sugar-added thing was so bad, though; I have had the no-sugar-added carrot loaf on numerous occasions. No more, though. I might as well have that 10-point blueberry scone I really want.) And I drink nonfat sugar free hazelnut lattes these days. And they are delightful.
Via Starbucks Gossip.
posted by mo pie at 1:46 PM
3 Comments:
I'm also a DWLZ fan and a long-time point-er sister, so I long ago learned to bypass anything but venti no-room Splenda'd Americanos at Chez Bux.
Besides, S'bux food is uniformly craptastic. Definitely not worth the money or the points.
I remember 6 or 7 years ago when a starbucks went in across the street from my workplace at the time. Mid-morning I would wander over there and mindlessly order the same thing nearly every day. "Grande coffee frappucino and a blueberry scone". You know how many calories that is? SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY! Most of them sugar. And I was eating breakfast, lunch and dinner on top of it. Sheesh... no wonder I was gaining weight.
soy lattes are still okay, right? RIGHT?
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