Have you ever eaten something sugary, like a dessert, in place of nutritious food when you were really hungry?

I’ve done it at work a few times. It made me feel like absolute balls.

More than I want to admit. What do you thin donuts, sugary cereal, pancakes, muffins, and all those things are?

Pancakes are OK. So are muffins, like blueberry muffins.

I don’t eat donuts or sugary cereals anyway.

However, I’m referring to things like fudge and pralines and and almost pure sugar foods.

So are muffins and most pancakes . I say muffins are an excuse to eat cake for breakfast.

I splurged yesterday morning and had a giant, gooey cinnamon roll, but, I had it with a sliced banana covered in maple nut yogurt and a fresh mandarin orange, sooo, half good, half bad. It was to die for! I don;t think I have had a cinnamon roll in about 5 years.

So biscuits are OK, but pancakes aren’t @Judi?

I felt fine btw. haha

Biscuits are all empty carbs too.

Ok. Whatever. First world problems.

Put it this way. You come across someone who hasn’t eaten if 5 days. You have only two things you can give him or her: An American biscuit, or a big piece of fudge. Which one do you give them?

If their blood sugars are really low I give them the fudge. I hope some of the doctors weigh in here.
We trick ourselves into thinking things like bread are healthier than sugar. Truth is white flour is as empty of nutrition as the candy.

There was one summer in high school where I basically subsisted entirely on Entennman’s cakes.

My parents weren’t the best.

The fudge has fat as well as sugar, so I’d give that.

I don’t eat junk in the morning or I’ll be a shaky, scattered mess for the day. If I’m going to skip something nutritious for a treat, it’ll be late in the day. I don’t do it often, but sometimes the third salad of the day (dinner) just isn’t cutting it.

I did this many times in my youth. A box of plain cake donuts with a quart of chocolate milk, A massive handful of chocolate chip cookies and a big glass on milk to dunk them in. I probably gained 5 pounds just thinking about it now…

@Judi! The person is STARVING! Jesus. Do you think they’ve gone to a doctor, obviously emaciated and malnourished, can hardly walk, and asked the doctor to check his blood sugar??

Cakes and breads of all kinds contain some sort of grain, whether it’s wheat or rice or barley or corn or whatever. In a pinch, people can, and have, subsisted almost solely on those grains, for years. They can’t subsist on sugar alone.

Eating almost pure sugar in large quantities, especially on an empty stomach, just makes me feel sick. I can eat a piece of cake, but ditch the frosting and I’d be OK.

the sugar and fat will give them the instant calories and energy they need. If I had to choose one it would be the thing with the most calories. Unless they asked for the biscuit, but if they had a choice I would tie them both.

We aren’t looking for a quick pick up, and a just as quick let down. We need something steady to sustain him until he finds more food.

That would be the thing with the most calories. Hard candies are often included in care packaged. It’s not the food that will keep them alive but it will give them the energy to sustain them quicker than the biscuit. The biscuit will turn to sugar fairly fast too but won’t have as many calories or as much fat to sustain them as long as the fudge.

Well, hell. Sugar is cheaper than grains. Why don’t they just give the starving kids in Africa bowls of sugar to eat? Why do they keep giving them gruel instead?

I’ve eaten many things, many horrible things to stay afloat. Things you would be in shock to eat I presume.

@Dutchess_III: The reason they don’t give starving people things like sugar, even though sugar is cheaper, is that it has no nutritional value. The “gruel” actually has vitamins in it. I just googled it, because I wanted to be able to back up my assumption. They put vitamins and minerals in it. I found this site, “Food 4 Africa.” I just looked at one product, which is called “porridge.” Read on: http://food4africa.org/projects/porridge/

The vitamins and minerals help kids concentrate and gives them proper energy, unlike sugar, which as you know, has a high and then a low.

Exactly @jca. NO nutritional value.

And per your link, the porridge they give them consists of beans (soy beans) and grain (maize.) << the stuff that is nothing but “empty carbs.”

No, @Dutchess_III, they said it has 19 vitamins and minerals. Not empty carbs.

More often than I’d like to admit. Snickers bars tempt me.

It doesn’t make me feel worse, but neither do I feel satisfied.

Sponsoring the distribution of “ Nutroceutical Cereal” to hungry children in South Africa
A Maize/Soya based, vitamin and mineral enriched, instant cereal that is recommended as a nutritional weight-gain supplement for children from age 6 months
Maximises energy levels and enhances immune system to fight off opportunistic diseases
Promotes better concentration and a sense of well being
Makes it easier for children to cope with everyday schooling
Alleviates hunger, the worst depressant in everyday life
Food 4 Africa product is a unique blend of cooked maize, soya, containing 19 vitamins and minerals that are easy to prepare. You simply mix the cereal with cold or luke warm water or milk and you have a tasty meal that provides a child with the essential vitamins and minerals to build a healthy immune system.
Maize meal is the staple diet for the majority of Southern Africa and has no real value to the consumer, bar the fact that they have a full belly, but it is all starch. In 2003, it was estimated that 25% of all children in Southern Africa suffer from moderate to severe stunting, and Sub-Sahara Africa have the highest rates of compromised sight due to a lack of Vitamin A.
See content of Food 4 Africa porridge and a comparison with Maize Meal.

@Dutchess_III: Above taken from link.

@jca I was referring to @Judi‘s comment that breads are “just empty carbs.”

Oh, and I read your link, Hon.

@Mastema… what, and why?

Many times.

All of the time.

Godddddd, JUST TODAY. I’m at work right now and ate a bunch of “assorted holiday cookies” which is basically like eating a puff of air. I feel like shit.

I was hungry and I ate a piece of pecan pie. That’s the only Thanksgivingy food we had. Made me sick! So I ate a grilled cheese sandwich.

That’s a regular occurrence e for me!!

Here2, I’ve tasted many things.

This is an invitation.