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I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to share what I found out at COD today.
When I looked up 4" wheat pita on fitday, it spewed out the nutritional info for it (don't remember exactly what it said). I went and looked at my bag of Kkangaroo 6" whole wheat pitas and the nutritional info was nearly the same - the 6" ones were about 4 calories and 1 g carbo . So, I asked the little barbie doll at the COD about this, and wondered if I could have a whole 6" pita. She said that she thought it would be ok, but if I started to gain on it (I tend to get in a rut with my starches, and eat only pitas until the bag is gone) then I should cut 1" off the pita and that would be fine. HUH?:?: Anyway, just thought I'd share that bit of pseudoscience with ya'all! Nutrition Facts Amount Per 1 small pita (4" dia) Calories 74.48 Calories from Fat 6.55 % Daily Value * Total Fat 0.728g 1% Saturated Fat 0.115g 1% Polyunsaturated Fat 0.295g Monounsaturated Fat 0.0977g Cholesterol 0mg 0% Sodium 148.96mg 6% Potassium 47.6mg 1% Total Carbohydrate 15.4g 5% Dietary Fiber 2.07g 8% Protein 2.74g 5% |
Well, you know, because if you cut off one side of the pita, all of the calories will fall out.
Not sure if this works with candy bars, but maybe I look into it, LOL |
I use the Sara Lee wheat pitas and they are also 6 inch. I have never seen 4 inch ones. My COD said that I should be cutting off some off of the end also, which I'm not going to do, but I don't have the pitas that much. The ones I have are a little higher in calories etc.
Cal 80 from fat 0 Sat fat 0 trans fat 0 poly fat 0 Mono fat 0 cholesterol 0 sodium 170 total carbohydrate 17 dietary fiber 2 sugars 1 protein 3 |
Oh, Katie! You crack me up! ROFLMAO!~
Memo to self: shake those candy bars harder! |
You Guys Are Hilarious
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Mine says the same so yes a half would be 80 cal.
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Ohhhhhh - gotta read the fine print! I'll have to check that out, the next package I buy! Of course, if all the calories fall out when you cut it open (similar to that magical low fat oven I read about on here somewhere), then it shouldn't matter!:D
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all this pita talk makes me starch hungry! I am glad we have some food science wizards here...my head would hurt from all that thinking! LOL
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The package of white bread pitas I have in the freezer says a serving is a whole pita bread - the calories are ginormous though. I am out of whole wheat ones right now (and it's a darn good thing the others are in the freezer!) but I'll be checking it out, the next package I buy. On the positive side, it's good to know that I can lose on the extra starches, (because I WAS eating a whole one) if I need to. Hopefully same brand = same serving size, no matter what the flour type.
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