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[Paul]

Listen up, everybody!!!!! This is from Men's Health, a Rodale publication. They have a new cookbook out, A Man, A Can, A Plan. One ingredient they are high on is SpaghettiO's!! I am not making this up. I even checked the grocery store myself to verify the labels. A regular can has 12 grams protein, 64 grams carbs, 3 grams fat,and 6 grams of fiber. Even the meatballs variety has 14 grams protein, 64 carbs, 8 fat, and 6 fiber, still bringing it in line with the 40-30-30 rule. Plus its made with tomato puree, not sauce, so its very high in lycopene,a major phytochemical that protects against prostrate cancer, boosts the immune system, and fights atherosclerosis. I knew you'd all want this information as soon as possible!!

Is this site on the cutting edge of technology, or what!!

Paul

[Distance_Guru]

I may have to pick that book up. Do they have any dishes that inculde what's in my kitchen, spam, ramen noodles, mac n cheese, and empty beer cans?
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[runner77]

the only problem with spaghettios i believe is that they are EXTREMELY high in sodium... am i correct?

[Paul]

Most canned foods are high in sodium. In fact, a whole can of SpaghettiO's has close to 2000 mg of sodium. There are a number of low sodium beans and cheeses. If sodium intake is a problem, then, of course, the canned food needs to be limited. But runners can deplete a lot of salt on a hot day run. Sodium can also be balanced with other minerals that tend to help flush salt from the body.

DG: A lot of recipes with reduced fat shredded cheese, beans, chili, all kinds of canned vegetables, Pillsbury canned bread dough, and a whole section on cooking with beer!! Seriously, I can't see why spam couldn't be substituted in a number of those recipes.

I have already penciled in my menu for the next decade. bon appetit, bon vivant, etc.

Paul

[Dan]

Hmm, I still have too many problems with the 40-30-30 theory to see that as a valid basis for choosing a healthy meal... Also, wouldn't SpaghettiO's and any similar product be largely processed (enriched/bleached) flours with virtually no nutritional value beyond the cheap and largely ineffective vitamins pumped back in?

Dan
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[Micah Ward]

What about grits and cornbread?

Glad you're back Dan.
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