Lowcarb interactive quiz on CNN.com

Kalish <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

An interesting quick quiz on identifying an item with the lowest carb
among a group of 4 or 5 foods. I got 7 out of 9 - some of the
choices were *all* so high carb that I would never eat any of them (2
slices of pizza or a double cheeseburger - this presumes eating the
crust or the bun) and those were the 2 groups I missed. K.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/lowcarb/

What exactly is interesting about this quiz? It's totally worthless
and has zero value from a standpoint of doing a LC diet. Who cares
which breakfast is lowest in carbs among pancakes, english muffins,
oatmeal, etc? Or another question offering choices among cereals like
apple jacks and captain crunch, with no real low carb alternative in
the list? All that this quiz shows is how the creators of the survey
didn't even bother to find out what LC is all about before putting up
a half assed quiz on CNN.

Kalish said:

An interesting quick quiz on identifying an item with the lowest carb
among a group of 4 or 5 foods. I got 7 out of 9 - some of the
choices were *all* so high carb that I would never eat any of them (2
slices of pizza or a double cheeseburger - this presumes eating the
crust or the bun) and those were the 2 groups I missed. K.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/lowcarb/

"The cookies take the cake for low-carb treat"? What kind of [censored] is
this? I don't know which has lower carbs: cream of wheat, oatmeal,
pancakes, or waffles, because none of those are low-carb, and I don't
eat any of them! In fact, I only saw 2 "low-carb" foods in the first
six questions! (strawberries and raspberries, and only then as
occasional snacks in moderation, at least for me) Oh, ok, and the
pork rinds...

It's not just the amount of carbs, but the type, as well!

"For dessert, cheesecake is a carb-counter's delight!"

Aghhhhhhhhhh!

Kristen

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"Who is the patriot, I ask you? Those who wrap themselves in the flag and pledge
allegiance to it, or those who keep the pledge and wrap themselves in what the
flag represents?" -Ira Glasser

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 22:46:01 GMT, [email hidden] (Kristen)

Quoted message said:

"The cookies take the cake for low-carb treat"? What kind of [censored] is
this?

Well, I said it was interesting...I wonder how many inexperienced or
would-be low carbers will look at that and think they can have regular
cookies and sugar sweetened oatmeal because they're the "lowest" in
carb...whoever thought that up must have been diabolical. K.