As we were stuck in the Minnesota airport last sunday night for a few hours we decided to roam around, grab some food and keep ourselves occupied. We came across this wonderfully delicious store and decided to check it out. The store was called The Chocolate Factory and it was AMAZING! It had everything you could possibly imagine to dive into a sugar coma while waiting for your next flight out. So as I looked around I decided to indulge. I came across what looked like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup on the juice. This thing was massive! I started to think about how our nutritional values have really gotten way out of hand and this was just another example of that.
Now if you look at the size of what was called The Peanut Butter Bucket, and compare it to our beloved Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup you would be amazed. So what I decided to do to give our readers an example of how serving sizes play an integral role on your nutritional goals is to compare the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup to Newly Improved Juiced Out Peanut Butter BUCKET.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
1 Cup (26 g) – 1 oz
Total Calories – 130 cal
Total Fat – 7.5 g
Total Carbohydrate – 15 g
Sugar – 13 x 3.2 = 41.6g
Protein 3 g
The Peanut Butter Bucket
1 Cup(85g) – 3.2 oz
Total Calories – 130 x 3.2 = 416cal
Total Fat – 7.5 x 3.2 = 24 g
Total Carbohydrate – 15 x 3.2 = 48g
Fiber – 1 x 3.2 = 3.2g
Sugar – 13 x 3.2 = 41.6g
Protein – 3 x 3.2 = 9g
This Bucket as they call it is 3 x the amount of a regular cup and is a pure sugar bomb if you ask me. If you take a look at the bucket in the palm of the hand it is basically the same serving size as a piece of chicken or fish for some people trying to lose body fat. So the next time you are wondering why the hell you are not dropping any body fat, take a look at what you have been eating in the last few weeks. Is it a palm size serving of lean protein or is it a palm size serving of sugar?
