GnarlyWhaleSep 2016Recommends
Casey Neistat made a fun little video[1] that explores this a bit. Without spoilers, it was a bit surprising just how off some of the food is. [1] ▶ this video
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The Truth Behind Calorie Labels
The Truth Behind Calorie Labels on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2016–2022.
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Casey Neistat's short New York Times op-doc investigating how accurate restaurant and packaged-food calorie labels really are. He gets items from chains like Chipotle, Starbucks and Subway measured by nutrition researchers and compares them to the printed numbers.
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Cited in threads on calorie counting as a quick, visual demonstration that labeled calories can be well off.
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“Casey Neistat made a fun little video[1] that explores this a bit.”
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virtuallynathanMar 2022Cites it
Do you know how many calories you burn? Do you actually know how many calories are in your food? I have a metabolic cart, and the answer surprises me sometimes on the former - just standing at my desk all day I burn >3300kcal. I actually went to talk to the guy in the Casey Neistat video about food labels, and almost bought a bomb calorimeter. Calorie counting, while not useless, is not very helpful. ▶ this video
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thesimonMay 2016Cites it
And apparently in the US you can be off by whatever you want ▶ this video The video also deals with calorie count in restaurants. The NYC regulation to require calorie counts directly on the menu really seems like a good idea. Other than the people already knowing the rough calorie count, who checks the obscure and difficult tables on the website?
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