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Chupa Chups

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  • 27-05-2008 7:46pm
    #1
    hunter164
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭


    Pleas excuse my idiocy but are they unhealthy? i.e. full of sugar.

    Thanks


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    tribulus
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    Honestly? They're a lollipop, they're hardly bastions of nutritional goodness!

    So no, they're not very healthy but if you're only having one the odd time then it's no big deal.


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    Dudess
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    hunter164 wrote: »
    Pleas excuse my idiocy but are they unhealthy? i.e. full of sugar.
    Course they are. What else do you think they're made of? They're sometimes marketed as a "low-fat" snack because they're so small, but they still contain a lot of calories (which convert to fat). However there's far less calories in them than in a Mars bar, so I suppose they're better for you as a treat on that score.


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    Pen1987
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    this is better than the "is the calories in water" thread.


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    hunter164
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    I just thought they'd be handy to have between meals but turns out I shouldn't.

    Thanks for the serious answers.


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    Typhoon.
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    your dentist DEFFO wont recommend them;)

    According to the wife theres only half a weight watchers point in each chuppa chup


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    Dudess
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    hunter164 wrote: »
    I just thought they'd be handy to have between meals but turns out I shouldn't.

    Thanks for the serious answers.
    But what about fruit? Non salted nuts? Not only would these be far more satisfying but they're also good for you.


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    Canis Lupus
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    Typhoon. wrote: »
    your dentist DEFFO wont recommend them;)

    According to the wife theres only half a weight watchers point in each chuppa chup

    Just about to say that having a lump of sugar right next to your teeth for extended periods ain't the best.

    I also second the fruit and nuts. The downside is trying to stop eating the damn things. Peanuts are worse than a packet of pringles once you start.


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    ncmc
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Course they are. What else do you think they're made of? They're sometimes marketed as a "low-fat" snack because they're so small, but they still contain a lot of calories (which convert to fat). However there's far less calories in them than in a Mars bar, so I suppose they're better for you as a treat on that score.

    Ok, maybe this is a stupid question, but if I have a craving for something sweet I have an ice lolly. It says on the pack they have only 49 calories in them so I thought they weren't too bad. Am I completely mistaken? I know fruit is better, but sometimes an apple just won't cut it!


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    Dudess
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    Ah yeah of course, but the OP was asking if they'd be ok as a snack between meals - no mention of whether it's for satisfying a sugar craving or actually to fill a hunger gap.
    So, for sugar craving: yep
    For hunger at 4pm when dinner isn't until 6: nope
    A sugar hit like that would probably make you hungrier and cause your blood sugar to crash.


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    eroo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,084 ✭✭✭eroo


    Is there a food forum or something?Cannot for the life of me see what this has to do with fitness!!!!!!!!!


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    g'em
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    eroo wrote: »
    Is there a food forum or something?Cannot for the life of me see what this has to do with fitness!!!!!!!!!
    There is, and there's also a report button report.gif. Click on it and it will bring the thread to our attention. As omnipresent as we'd love to be, we rely on users to spot these things too ;)

    Although I'm highly tempted to send this thread to the Recycle Bin altogether...


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    hunter164
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭hunter164


    Please do!! I look like a muppet now.


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    g'em
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,819 ✭✭✭✭g'em


    hunter164 wrote: »
    Please do!! I look like a muppet now.
    lol, ah don't worry about it, trust me I've asked some fairly stoooopid stuff myself in the past :o


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    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Until not that long ago I thought the water that squirts from windscreen wipers was actually rainwater - that the car somehow gathered it up every time it rained. I thought this for about five years of driving myself.
    I'd be ****ed if I lived in Nevada...

    How's that for stoopid? :o


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    hunter164
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭hunter164


    Meh no offence but women and cars don't go.....................













    Got ya there! joke


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    #17
    CYCC
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    anyone know where i can buy the large packs of yogurt flavoured chupa chups? God I love the things, seriously, love them but I can only buy one at a time, cant find the larger packs anywhere and ye feel like a tool going in to a shop diving into their lolly box and rumaging around till you find five or six and then going up to pay for them. If any one knows Id really appreciate being filled in.


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