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<br>Hungry Girl Today: 4.15.09 
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<br>Hi HG!
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<br>I'm from Canada and I'm very confused when it comes to our Fibre 1 cereal 
<br>(the plain kind). I know in the U.S. it's called Fiber One, it's sweetened with 
<br>aspartame, and it has 60 calories per serving. But here in Canada, Fibre 1 is 
<br>sweetened with Splenda and contains 100 calories per serving! I wish I could 
<br>purchase the 60-calorie version, but I've yet to come across it where I live. 
<br>So what's the deal with this? Are these cereals exactly the same? Are the 
<br>formulas different? I'm so confused!
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<br>F1 Challenged  
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<br>Dear F1 Challenged,
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<br>I have good news, but it might be a little confusing! Here's the scoop...
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<br>Despite the difference in sweeteners and the varying calorie counts on the 
<br>boxes, the cereals are basically the same nutritionally. They each have 
<br>pretty much the same amounts of fat, carbs, protein, etc. The real difference 
<br>lies in each country's labeling guidelines regarding FIBER. Because calories 
<br>from insoluble fiber are not considered digestible (in other words, they don't 
<br>matter), there's no requirement in the U.S. for food companies to include 
<br>those calories in the total listed on nutritional labels. In Canada, the rules are 
<br>different -- companies ARE required to factor in those calories from fiber. 
<br>The calorie count on any nutrition label is more or less the sum of three 
<br>things -- calories from fat (9 per gram), calories from carbs (4 per gram), 
<br>and calories from protein (4 per gram). Here's where the fiber issue comes 
<br>in. Fiber is actually a carb, so the calories from carbs INCLUDE calories from 
<br>fiber. Since U.S. labels don't count those, the fiber grams get subtracted 
<br>from the total carbs when calculating the calories. That's why the F1 
<br>(original) labels in the U.S. say 60 calories per serving while the ones in 
<br>Canada say 100. Bottom Line! Your 100-calorie cereal is digested the same 
<br>exact way as the 60-calorie version. It's just the numbers on the box that 
<br>are different. If you have trouble grasping the whole concept behind this (it 
<br>IS pretty confusing!), share this email with a few friends... then see if you 
<br>guys can make sense of it together. And if you have any more Qs, ask away!
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<br>Hungry Girl,
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<br>Please settle an issue for my friend and me. She says that something needs 
<br>to contain fat in order for it to be "fattening." I say there are plenty of 
<br>fattening foods that don't contain any fat at all. She says that the word 
<br>fattening means that something HAS FAT in it. I say no way. Help, HG!
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<br>Just the Fat Facts, Please  
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<br>Dear Just the Fat Facts,
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<br>Okay, wanna know who's right? Drumroll, please........... It's YOU!!!! Your 
<br>friend is mistaken. But I have heard this before. People think the definition of 
<br>the word fattening is "containing fat." But the word actually means "to make 
<br>plump or fat." Granted, stuff with lots of fat in it (a.k.a. FATTY stuff) is often 
<br>fattening, but that's only because it likely contains a lot of calories. (There 
<br>are 9 calories in every fat gram, whereas protein and carbs only have 4 
<br>calories per gram.) But regardless of the fat content, things with a lot of 
<br>calories can be fattening because eating more calories than you burn is what 
<br>causes weight gain. So something that is completely fat-free but high in 
<br>calories -- like regular soda or sugary candy -- can absolutely be fattening as 
<br>well. Hope that clears things up for you guys! 
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