Kentucky Grilled Crap
By now, I am sure you have heard all about this new Kentucky Grilled Chicken.
And while I have no doubt that this is a better option than the Church’s fried chicken alternative, it’s still nowhere near an ideal food choice.
Congratulations! You are eating “grilled” chicken with a bunch of garbage on the side. Lord knows that mac and cheese and biscuits aren’t going help you look any better naked!
KFC says the grilled chicken has significantly fewer calories and fat, plus much less sodium, than its Original Recipe fried chicken that launched the brand more than a half-century ago.
After all, just as, if not more, damaging to our waistlines are the high calorie side dishes accompanying the chicken which are filled with refined starches and sugars and unnecessary amounts of saturated fat.
For too long now the fast food industry has made a killing on misinforming consumers about what is and isn’t healthy.
KFC claimed that it recently did switch cooking oils to eliminate all trans fats from their products- a noble effort indeed.
But upon further review, this does not look to be the case…
Here are the ingredients directly from their website:
KFC ® Grilled Chicken
Fresh Chicken Marinated with: Salt, Sodium Phosphate, and Monosodium Glutamate Seasoned with: Maltodextrin, Salt, Bleached Wheat lour, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil, Monosodium Glutamate, Spices, Palm Oil, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Soy Sauce (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Chicken Fat, Chicken Broth, Autolyzed Yeast, Beef Powder, Rendered Beef Fat, Extractives of Turmeric, Dehydrated Carrot, Onion Powder, and mot more than 2% Each of Calcium Silicate and Silicon Dioxide Added as Anticaking Agents.
Contains Wheat and Soy
I don’t know about you, but this certainly doesn’t sound like a nutritional powerhouse. First of all, “Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil” is not good for you and is a form of trans fat.
Trans fats are synthetic fats that are essentially foreign agents in our bodies. There is truly no room for them in a healthy diet.
Plus, a great rule of thumb is that the fewer ingredients in a food item the better it is for you, ideally less than 5 ingredients being a good marker. Well, if you count the ingredients in this “health” food, there are well over 20!
Fast food and convenience store marketing campaigns make it very hard for us trainers to do our jobs.
When a company says:
“Our _____ (name of product) is good for you because it’s low in fat or fat-free”
OR
“Our _____ (name of product) is good for you because it’s got no sugar”
OR
“Our _____ (name of product) is the perfect snack because it’s only 100 calories.”
In general, here are some great user-friendly guidelines to cut through all of the BS these money-hungry B!+ches are sending our way:
Beware of “Fat-Free or Low Fat” Foods:
These food choices are often high in sugar or contain added sugar to make up for taste lost which wreak havoc on your energy levels and prevent fat loss.
Look Out for “Sugar-Free” Products:
These food choices are typically made with artificial ingredients and sweeteners and/or are sometimes higher in fat to make up for taste lost and/or often contains sugar-alcohols that tear up your digestive system.
Stay Away From “100 Calorie” Items:
These low calorie bags contain ZERO nutritional value with little to no protein and are low in fiber and natural, healthy fats. Plus, these weight-gainers by another name do not fill you up between meals.
Probably the most infamous “healthy” marketing campaign is 100-CALORIE SNACK PACKS.
Which is better for you body: 100 calories of carrots or 100 calories of mini-muffins?
GET IT?
I know personally I could easily eat 10 of these packs without getting stuffed- I guess that would be a 1,000-CALORIE SNACK PACK ;)
Unfortunately, we live in a calorie-conscious society, and marketers truly take piggyback on this.
But you don’t need to be a freakin’ idiot like the rest of them.
Educate yourself.
Educate your friends.
Educate your family.
Remember, the market determines the direction companies will go. If we choose not to put this garbage in our bellies anymore, they will make less of it!
Twork it out!
Kri
PS- I just know you have got something to say about this hot button issue. Please make a comment to this blog post about what pisses you off the most about this KFC Grilled Chicken, or any other fast food marketing campaign for that matter!
And while I have no doubt that this is a better option than the Church’s fried chicken alternative, it’s still nowhere near an ideal food choice.
Congratulations! You are eating “grilled” chicken with a bunch of garbage on the side. Lord knows that mac and cheese and biscuits aren’t going help you look any better naked!
KFC says the grilled chicken has significantly fewer calories and fat, plus much less sodium, than its Original Recipe fried chicken that launched the brand more than a half-century ago.
After all, just as, if not more, damaging to our waistlines are the high calorie side dishes accompanying the chicken which are filled with refined starches and sugars and unnecessary amounts of saturated fat.
For too long now the fast food industry has made a killing on misinforming consumers about what is and isn’t healthy.
KFC claimed that it recently did switch cooking oils to eliminate all trans fats from their products- a noble effort indeed.
But upon further review, this does not look to be the case…
Here are the ingredients directly from their website:
KFC ® Grilled Chicken
Fresh Chicken Marinated with: Salt, Sodium Phosphate, and Monosodium Glutamate Seasoned with: Maltodextrin, Salt, Bleached Wheat lour, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil, Monosodium Glutamate, Spices, Palm Oil, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Soy Sauce (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Chicken Fat, Chicken Broth, Autolyzed Yeast, Beef Powder, Rendered Beef Fat, Extractives of Turmeric, Dehydrated Carrot, Onion Powder, and mot more than 2% Each of Calcium Silicate and Silicon Dioxide Added as Anticaking Agents.
Contains Wheat and Soy
I don’t know about you, but this certainly doesn’t sound like a nutritional powerhouse. First of all, “Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil” is not good for you and is a form of trans fat.
Trans fats are synthetic fats that are essentially foreign agents in our bodies. There is truly no room for them in a healthy diet.
Plus, a great rule of thumb is that the fewer ingredients in a food item the better it is for you, ideally less than 5 ingredients being a good marker. Well, if you count the ingredients in this “health” food, there are well over 20!
Fast food and convenience store marketing campaigns make it very hard for us trainers to do our jobs.
When a company says:
“Our _____ (name of product) is good for you because it’s low in fat or fat-free”
OR
“Our _____ (name of product) is good for you because it’s got no sugar”
OR
“Our _____ (name of product) is the perfect snack because it’s only 100 calories.”
In general, here are some great user-friendly guidelines to cut through all of the BS these money-hungry B!+ches are sending our way:
Beware of “Fat-Free or Low Fat” Foods:
These food choices are often high in sugar or contain added sugar to make up for taste lost which wreak havoc on your energy levels and prevent fat loss.
Look Out for “Sugar-Free” Products:
These food choices are typically made with artificial ingredients and sweeteners and/or are sometimes higher in fat to make up for taste lost and/or often contains sugar-alcohols that tear up your digestive system.
Stay Away From “100 Calorie” Items:
These low calorie bags contain ZERO nutritional value with little to no protein and are low in fiber and natural, healthy fats. Plus, these weight-gainers by another name do not fill you up between meals.
Probably the most infamous “healthy” marketing campaign is 100-CALORIE SNACK PACKS.
Which is better for you body: 100 calories of carrots or 100 calories of mini-muffins?
GET IT?
I know personally I could easily eat 10 of these packs without getting stuffed- I guess that would be a 1,000-CALORIE SNACK PACK ;)
Unfortunately, we live in a calorie-conscious society, and marketers truly take piggyback on this.
But you don’t need to be a freakin’ idiot like the rest of them.
Educate yourself.
Educate your friends.
Educate your family.
Remember, the market determines the direction companies will go. If we choose not to put this garbage in our bellies anymore, they will make less of it!
Twork it out!
Kri
PS- I just know you have got something to say about this hot button issue. Please make a comment to this blog post about what pisses you off the most about this KFC Grilled Chicken, or any other fast food marketing campaign for that matter!
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posted by Kri at
5/19/2009
13 Comments:
Hi Kri,
I absolutely agree with you on this and it angers me to find out that the grilled chicken had MSG along with ALL that sodium added! I don't eat anything with MSG in it (at least not on purpose if I can help it)and I don't feed it to my kids. It upsets me to know this because we got the free 2 pc meals they gave away a few weeks ago to promote the new chicken thinking it was a better alternative to the fried version. ( I had the cole slaw as my side, still not great but better than mac & cheese.)
I also agree with what you said about the "100 calorie" items that are all over the stores. It makes me laugh! I have a friend that is over weight at work and swears by the Weight watchers "points" system. Although she has lost around 90 lbs, She is still over 250lbs. I feel she does not eat healthy, but thinks she does because weight watchers tells her foods have points...so she concentrates on points & not nutritional value of foods. Her desk is FILLED with those 100 calorie snacks and she LIVES for wieght watchers frozen meals & Lean Cuisine. I've tried to explain that hydrogenated palm kernal oil is not a good choice and she says - "this is only 2-3 points so I can eat this!" She actually thinks these foods are "good" for her
My other issue is with the food line "healthy choice" Have you read the ingredients on those??? They are so full of chemicals, sodium, high fructose, mono & dyclycerides & other unidentifiable things that is shocks me they can call themselves healthy! Nothing healthy about it.
A better choice are the Amy's or Kashi brands. They are organic, lower sodium AND are delicious!
well that's my 2 cents....have a great day!
Hi Kri,
I totally agree with everything you had to say. I try to stick to as much natural, organic as possible. The feeling I get after eating something healthy for me is incredible. I feel light and not sluggish. But, those times that I crash and grab something on the go because I was to lazy to prepare my meals. I felt like a big piece of CRAP. Thanks for all your help in educating us dailing on nutrition and fitness. JUdy
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