Marc Wellness International Blog

Today we were at the local shopping centre and there have been some major renovations that have occured. We were checking out all the new stores, then noticed a new donut store that had opened. The reason why we stopped to take a closer look was because within the shop fitting was a bunch of different signs representing fruits. As we stood there we thought why is there signage about Fruit and fat content in a donut store. Then we looked closer and there stood a sign saying “How does your snack rate?”. Then under the heading was a bunch of snack foods such as chocolates, muffins, crossiant, cookies and a donut (which were all rated in grams per serving). But what caught our attention was that they had listed the snack foods from very high in fat to low in fat. So chocolate and cookies rated the highest fat content in snack foods and then donut was rated as a the lowest fat content in snack food - weighing in at 12grams of fat per donut. Yep that is right 12g per fat per donut! However this rating of donut is only for the plain donut not the chocolate coated or glazed donut. It seemed a shame that a real piece of fruit wasn’t compared on the “How does your snack rate” rating table! Now we know there are alot of snacks such as a piece of fruit which are definately a more healthier option then 12g per fat per donut. And then you need to ask the question how long will this snack actually keep you full before eating another snack and how come they didn’t show how much sugar content was in each donut? You only need to look at the donut to see the glazing on the top to take a guess at how much sugar is there. Check out the picture of Richard holding the donuts to see!
It’s interesting because just down the corridor from this donut shop is a fruit shop. Now we ask what is the healthier snack, a 12g fat plain donut or an apple?
So the tip here is - don’t be tricked by the way food can be presented as low in fat! Always be aware and ask yourself is there a more healthier option?