Katie made some Hamburger Helper tonight.
The box says it’s 5 servings, but the two of us handily finished it off with no problems.
Five servings? Really? Maybe for babies. Even excepting the fact that Katie is 1.5 people right now and I’m just a big glutton, it’s still ridiculous to think that we could each eat 2.5 servings without feeling like we overstuffed ourselves.
Serving sizes are some of the biggest deceptions of our lives. Forget political secrets or evolution or global warming or Sasquatch. No company makes accurate serving sizes. For foods that taste great and are bad for you, the servings are always too small. For foods that taste bad and are good for you, the servings are always too big.
Either way, it makes it hard to accurately guess how much food to buy and eat. Did you know that suggested serving sizes even for cats are a lie? Our vet told us that the sizes on the back of the box are high as a ploy so that the companies can sell you more cat food!
So you know what? Ignore the numbers! Cut out the nutritional facts box off of your foods and throw it away! Then, when your doctor tells you you’ve had too many heart attacks, you’ll know you’ve eaten too much!
It’s too easy being healthy these days.
“Ignore the numbers! Cut out the nutritional facts box off of your foods and throw it away!”
Yeah!