Ok, a lot of people guessed that my answer was Hershey's syrup, but what they didn't guess was that it was the special dark.  That had little importance, so I'll count them right.  The winners are... Yummy and Nan-Naw!!!  Great job!!!  So, anyway, as a new MFT, this oatmeal-based cereal from Quaker has 210 calories, 2.5 grams of fat (1 each of poly- and monounsaturated and the rest is saturated), 250 milligrams of sodium, 44 grams of carbs (5 fiber {2 soluble}, 10 sugar, and 29 other), and 6 grams of protein per serving.  And yes, not cheetah-related meant not CHEETos.  (Cheetos also have a picture of a cheetah on the bags.  Plus, they use the same cartoon cheetah in commercials.)

So, my cat needs to eat healthier, but you can't just find a nutrition label and ingredients list on a bag of cat food, can you?  Part of the problem might just be exercise.  Everyone, including cats, dogs, and sloths, needs it.

Today, there's a guess to mystery food theatre (in which I choose a food and give its nutrition information and a hint, plus you're supposed to guess what it is, but you don't have to), and the answer happens to be... the unhealthy Doritos (spicy nacho flavor)!  So, as a special dark chocolate product practically MADE of HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup), this has 90 calories, 0 grams of fat, 30 milligrams of sodium, 24 grams of carbohydrates, 20 grams of sugars, and less than 1 gram of protein.  It's practically vitamin-free.  Sounds like empty calories, huh?  It can be used to make chocolate milk.  Not as empty, but still empty.  As a bonus question, try to figure out what I meant by "not cheetah-related" last week.

So, I'm currently reading Nutrition for Dummies, and it's actually pretty reliable!  (It's not 100% reliable, but then again, what is?  Not even I'm 100% reliable.  For proof, look at the fact that I'm putting in a review today for a different book than planned.)  It's not the most recommended book, but it's not bad.  Yes, I'd recommend it.  I might do a review about it, but not today.

Apology (see last post)

Sorry, but I forgot to give a hint.  Anyway, they're crunchy, not cheetah-related, and covered in orange powder.

Hooray!  2 people guessed it right! (If you're wondering what "it" is, it's "Mystery Food Theatre", an idea I picked up from Kidsmomo's {kidsmomo.com} "Mystery Book Theatre."  Every so often, I give a food's nutrition information and a hint about what it is and leave you to guess what it is in the form of a comment.)  Anyway, the answer was water.  Someone guessed "diet soda", but they tend to have about 5 calories per serving.  Coke 0 still probably has a little sodium, though.  Yes, soda has a little salt.  So, 150 calories, 8 grams of fat (1.5 of those are saturated), 180 milligrams of sodium, cholesterol free, 17 grams of carbs, 1 grams of fiber, 1 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein per serving.  It has a really long ingredients list, as usual, with a lot of chemicals and hydrogenated oils.

Jamie Oliver is getting closer to his goal of stopping the march of highly processed foods, but he's far from done.  bum bum BUM!!!!

Plenty of things have a long ingredients list.  Did I mention that?

First off, for Mystery Food Theatre, the answer is... Nesquik!!!  Now, this week's, even without any hints, should be obvious.  It has 0 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 milligrams of sodium, potassium, and cholesterol, 0 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of protein, and no vitamins or minerals.

Second off, I will be talking about a show: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.  Jamie goes around to different cities, stays there for a couple weeks, and tries to make the people there eat healthier. (This also means "no highly processed foods" to him.)  He goes to a school in a city that was found to be the unhealthiest city in the world by a government statistic, and they're having pizza for breakfast.  For lunch, they have pizza or chicken nuggets.  He asks them what they had for dinner, and they basically had either chicken nuggets or pizza.  When Jamie Oliver cooked chicken and the kids had a choice between pizza and chicken (which Jamie made from scratch with a store-bought chicken), they chose the pizza.  I'm not telling you how it ends to keep the suspense.  (You can watch it on their website somewhere at ABC.com.)

Third off, Bye!

Now, what you've all been waiting for: the late Mystery Food Theatre!

If you don't know what I'm talking about, check my earlier posts.  So, the answer is... General Mill's Kix! (As "Me" pointed out, it is a little low in fiber, but still, it's better than Lucky Charms.)  This chocolate milk making product has half a gram of fat (0 saturated), 14 grams of carbs (<1 fiber, 13 sugars), 60 calories, and <1 gram of protein in 2 tablespoons.  Leave a guess as a comment!

Everybody loves a good glass of chocolate milk!

The supercallifragillisticexpiallidocious post

Sorry, I just wanted to type that word.  So, today, for Mystery Food Theatre, instead of using an Eat This, Not That! book, today, I actually looked at the nutrition label on the product.  This time, it's a breakfast cereal, like before with Smart Start (not so smart).  By the way, last week's answer was Hardee's Monster Biscuit.  Anyway, this cereal has 110 calories, 210 milligrams of sodium, 3 grams of fiber, 3 grams of sugars, and is nearly fat-free.  Comment on this post guessing what it is!

Trans fatty acids, also called trans fats, are some of the worst kinds of fats.  Before being made into trans fats (they're produced artificially), 2 carbon atoms are double-bonded and certain groups of atoms are bonded on one side of the molecule.  After hydrogenation (which turns the fats into trans fats), one of the groups of atoms shifts to the other side of the molecule, changing the molecular structure slightly.  To see an example of these molecules, go to http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/pdf/fats&oils.pdf.  The images are on the second page.