Vitamins and Minerals

I really do love these vitamin waters. They are thirst-quenching, trendy, delicious, energizing, and so forth. They come in a variety of exciting flavors, most of which are exotic or delicious blends of fruits that other juices won't touch.

Vitamin waters are the second bottled drink to be featured here. Just because it COMES in a bottle, doesn't mean you get to drink the whole bottle, or does it? Surely no harm can come from downing a whole one?

Whats the actual serving size of a 20oz bottle of Vitamin Water?

One bottle represents two and a half servings!
Now, this isn't called vitamin water for no reason. The good folks at Glaceau have to put SOMETHING in this bottle given that it contains less than 1% fruit juice.

Drinking this entire bottle will only add 125 calories and 10% of your daily sugar to your tally for the day. A list of the vitamins and minerals found therein is broken down both by serving and by bottle.

Enjoy.

Candy from another Land

Here is a real treat... literally. These Cadbury bars hail from the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and right off the bat you can see a lot of differences between their displays and our own.

No there isn't some creepy metric version of calories that they count in other parts of the world. In fact, the 2,000-2,500 calorie guidelines are just as prevalent over there. I think its neat the way Cadbury prints how many kilojoules of energy are in various serving sizes. According to this page you expend 10 joules of energy when you lift 2.2lbs about a meter off the ground.(Read some info about joules and energy by clicking here)

Their "GDA" (guideline daily amount) system looks very similar to what we use. The %s here are listed to make it easy to figure out how much of your GDAs this candy bar represents. Gotta love the warning "to be enjoyed as part of a healthy lifestyle".

I was hungry when I tore into this bar (the one that isn't opened here I had just borrowed for the pictures). Granted, I only ate half the bar in one sitting, and half the next day. Seems that was right on the money too.

Hot Italian Sausage Fest

I love sausage (the food). On top of pizza, in tomato sauce, or alongside Italian favorites, sausage is just plain fantastic. I find the johnsonville sausages to have an especially good flavor, and until I get the sausage making attachment for my kitchenaid mixer, I'm going to continue to buy these babies from the store.

Of course any food that can be described by the phrase "more unhealthy than bacon" should be treated with caution. So what portion size should these sausages be consumed in?

One sausage, but watch the numbers.
Its not so much the calories that are a killer, at 270, a single sausage isn't a nail in the coffin. But, with two "over-30" percentages for sodium and fat, eating sausage in moderation ensures that you yourself will LIVE to be over-30. Personally I eat about two and a half sausages as an accompaniment to lasagna, so I'm getting 2/3rds of fat and sodium right there.

Eating a 5 pack ensures you'll never get a 6 pack.