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Health See other Health Articles Title: Girl Scout Cookies: Calories, Fat, and More Calories, fat, and exactly how many Girl Scout cookies count as a serving. Girl Scout cookie season is upon us. Neighborhood girls dressed in their uniforms, adorned with their badges, will soon be knocking on your door selling Girl Scout cookies. For years, the Girl Scouts organization has raised money for itself largely through cookie sales. Over the years, as waistlines have expanded and obesity rates have risen, the Girl Scouts have required its bakers to keep one healthier cookie in the lineup, says Girl Scouts product sales manager Amanda Payton Hamaker. "The popularity of the cookies and cookie sales have shifted over the years as consumer tastes have changed but it remains a popular activity in Girl Scouting," she says. Still, cookies and health don’t really go hand in hand. Made primarily from a combination of refined white flour, sweeteners, and oil, they offer little nutritional goodness. But cookies taste good and, when eaten in moderation, they can fit in a healthy diet. "Enjoy these cookies in small amounts -- usually two cookies are appropriate -- pair them with skim milk, an apple, or a few nuts to make the snack more satisfying," says chef Sarah Krieger, MPH, RD, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly called the American Dietetic Association). Krieger's choice for the healthiest Girl Scout cookies are those without any partially hydrogenated oils (trans fats), such as the Thank U Berry Munch, Do-Si-Do, Shortbread, Savannah Smiles, and Shout Out cookies. How Do Girl Scout Cookies Stack Up Nutritionally? All of the Girl Scout cookies are trans-fat-free per serving, in accordance with FDA guidelines, and many are 100% trans-fat free, Hamaker says. What's the difference? "Zero trans fat" does not necessarily mean no trans fat. The FDA allows products to say they have "zero trans fat" if they have less than half a gram of trans fat per serving. Only when a box claims it is 100% trans-fat free, does it mean there is really no trans fat in the cookies. (In these cookies, bakers use mostly liquid palm oil.) "Read the first few ingredients and stay clear of cookies that use hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils in the ingredient listings -- this is a red flag for trans fats, which are the worst kind of fats for your health," Krieger says. If you eat four Girl Scout cookies that contain trans fats, you could exceed the 2010 Dietary Guideline-recommended limit of one gram or less per day. No preservatives are used in any Girl Scout cookies. But high fructose corn syrup is in some of the recipes. The list of ingredients, allergen information, and the complete nutritional analysis are available for each variety on the cookie box, order form, and online. 2012 Girl Scout Cookies: Nutrition Information Ready for a reality check on how many cookies you get per serving, and what it means to your calorie budget? Here you go. Nutritional analysis varies slightly depending on the serving size and baker. (There are two baking companies for Girl Scouts, and they use similar, but not identical recipes.) Poster Comment: Details of cookie contents at LINK. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Refined four is White Death. Avoid it like the plague.
White Death ...... I like the way that sounds. Perhaps when it is finally time to throw down on the Rothschilds and the rest of the international parasites, I'll adopt that as my noms de guerre.
I eat the whole box.
"You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle
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