{"id":1698,"date":"2006-12-23T02:20:34","date_gmt":"2006-12-23T02:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/12\/marko-one-for-us.html"},"modified":"2006-12-23T02:20:34","modified_gmt":"2006-12-23T02:20:34","slug":"marko-one-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/12\/marko-one-for-us.html","title":{"rendered":"Marko, One for Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is that cookie really worth a 17-minute run?<\/span>
\nAssociated Press
\nPosted Friday, December 22, 2006
\nMIAMI \u2014 Oh, those holiday pitfalls: a martini and a handful of Chex mix at the office party, Grandma\u2019s fruitcake, the plate of gingerbread cookies from your neighbor.ating all those goodies will definitely cost you.To burn off the calories in one gingerbread cookie, you will have to swim 18 minutes. The martini and party mix will take 47 minutes on the bike.<\/span>
\nAnd the fruitcake? Take an 84-minute walk.<\/span>
\nThose are the calculations in a new book that lists the calorie content of 7,500 foods and tells you just how long it will take to work it off.<\/span>
\n\u201cMost of us have no idea what a calorie is worth,\u201d said Charles Stuart Platkin, author of \u201cThe Diet Detective\u2019s Count Down\u201d and other books.<\/span>
\nPlatkin, a Miami-based public health advocate, spent nearly a year compiling the list, which includes fast-food dishes, popular restaurant menu fare and most grocery items. The exercise calculations are for a 155-pound person; add time if you\u2019re lighter, subtract time if you\u2019re heavier.<\/span>
\nSome of the numbers are downright depressing.<\/span>
\nA half-pound of prime rib will cost you 230 minutes of yoga. A Starbucks Caramel Macchiato is 38 minutes on the bike \u2014 add 81 minutes if you grab a piece of coffee cake. You\u2019ll have to walk 173 minutes to burn off a Whopper from Burger King.<\/span>
\nPlatkin, 44, said it is like money: Once diners know a food\u2019s caloric value, they can weigh in their mind whether it is \u201csplurge worthy.\u201d<\/span>
\nSome of the biggest food rip-offs include crackers, at 12 to 20 calories apiece, and premium ice creams, Platkin said. It will take 72 minutes to walk off a half-cup of Ben and Jerry\u2019s Butter Pecan, versus 31 minutes for Edy\u2019s Slow Churned Light version of the same flavor. Predictably, fruits and veggies provided the best bargains.<\/span>
\nThe holidays are one of the trickiest seasons for dieters. Research shows people tend to gain just under a pound during the holidays. It only takes an extra hundred calories a day (five Ritz crackers) over the holiday season to gain a pound. And they don\u2019t typically lose it by spring.<\/span>
\n\u201cPeople tend to relax their guard and let themselves go during the holidays. And there\u2019s also more food around so we also consume more,\u201d said Platkin, who became his own diet detective after losing 50 pounds 14 years ago.<\/span>
\nThe book could come in especially handy for nibblers.<\/span>
\n\u201cNibblers tend to be worse estimators because they feel like they\u2019re not eating anything \u2014 a few fries, a bit of cookie. But they add up to be significant calories,\u201d said Platkin, a certified trainer who is finishing up his Ph.D. in public health.<\/span>
\nMost Americans underestimate how much they\u2019re actually eating by as much as 40 percent, he said.<\/span>
\nExperts said the book\u2019s premise could encourage or discourage dieters, depending on the reader.<\/span>
\n\u201cFor some people that\u2019s really a helpful thing. It really shows them it takes a fair amount of physical activity,\u201d said Jeanne Goldberg of the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University.<\/span>
\nOn the flip side, she said, the numbers might seem so daunting that others skip exercising altogether.<\/span>
\nPlatkin said the book is not designed for people to look up every morsel they consume in a day. But it does provide a frame of reference.<\/span>
\nEven if dieters don\u2019t end up doing the exercises, they will probably think twice before eating that slice of pumpkin pie. (An 81-minute walk).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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