12 Confusing Foods

So I was trolling across the internet today and ran across a great article  on Fitbie that helped clear up several food questions for me. I don’t know how you feel about it, but I feel like every time I turn around some food that was fine or even good for me yesterday is going to cause cancer, kill my children, kill unborn babies, cause mental and physical deformities, you get the idea. It’s scary. It also starts to feel silly, as though we are actually in that story the boy who cried wolf. “Danger! Cancer! Dead Babies!” After awhile even that gets laughed off. So with that in mind I followed the slide show & read the “hot off the press” nutrition info & then put it into a chart. (Cause I love charts & hate internet slide shows) Here is what I learned: (Oh fun, now it’s like a book report, always liked those…) 

Food in Question	Good/Fair	Some Important Details
Coffee	Good	Just no fancy, syrupy, frothy stuff!
Wine	Good (Red gets an A+)	All wines are good! Red have extra good stuff. Down side: it’s only good if you have 1 glass per day. (put that 3rd one down, lush *shakes head*)
Potatoes	Good	Score some fiber & 1/4 of your daily potassium (awesome cause I hate bananas) Just eat them baked or boiled (fries are still bad for you, silly)
Cheese	Good	A  1oz serving is about 1/4 of your calcium requirement. (thank goodness since I <3 cheese) Eat low-fat or strongly flavored cheese to help watch your portion size & fat intake.
Fish (aka evil mercury swimmers)	Good	Just eat a variety, so you don’t have any build-up & especially if you are in those “high risk” groups.
Chocolate	Good (Dark gets A+)	That’s right even milky, creamy, yummy Hershey’s is good for you!  (moderation ladies!)
Red Meat	Fair	Just stick with lean cuts (loin/round) and 6 or less servings in a week. Pair meat with a healthy side & you balance your fat intake. But excellent source of iron, protein & B vitamins.
Nuts	Good	Great, filling, high protein snack. (& those fats that drove us all away? They’re the good for you kind) A 1oz serving is huge too. (23 almonds, 14 walnut 1/2s, or 49 pistachios-my jaw would hurt if I ate more than that!)
Beer	Good	Yup, not a type-o. Go read wine (minus the red wine info) same stuff different flavor. (Now if I could just have 1…lol)
Soy	Fair	Soy is good protein, just very careful moderation & ask your doc before you take any supplements. (don’t go messing with your hormones-that’s the doc’s job))
Eggs (aka the original yo-yo health food)	Good (I’ll get back to you next week with an update)	Apparently they have way less cholesterol than we thought, but still all that protein.
Margarine (aka butter at my house)	Fair	It is still solid fat, so calm down. However if you are using the kind in the tub it now is made from veggie or canola oils which are “good” oils. The stick is still made from the evil  & dreaded partially hydrogenated oils.

Feeling educated? I don’t know about you, but I am totally having a steak and beer (with a healthy spinach salad wink wink) for supper, before I’m not supposed to again.

Got any food flip-flop facts to share? Extra points if they are truly outrageous sounding

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