{"id":485,"date":"2009-07-27T13:34:11","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T13:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/07\/mars-real-chocolate-relief-act.html"},"modified":"2009-07-27T13:34:11","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T13:34:11","slug":"mars-real-chocolate-relief-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/07\/mars-real-chocolate-relief-act.html","title":{"rendered":"Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act? Think Again."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes free isn’t really free. So … before you take up Mars Candy on their offer to give a quarter million people per week a free piece of candy, you might want to consider the actual cost of eating a high calorie, sugar and fat ladened bar.
\nM&Ms<\/strong>
\n10 pieces
\nCalories: 103 calories
\nFat from calories: 47
\nSnickers<\/strong>
\nOne 2-oz bar
\nCalories: 271
\nFat from calories: 122
\nTWIX<\/strong>
\nOne 2-oz bar
\nCalories: 286
\nFat from calories: 127
\n3 Musketeers<\/strong>
\nOne 2-oz bar
\nCalories: 257
\nFat from calories: 69
\nMilky Way<\/strong>
\nOne bar; regular size
\nCalories: 270
\nFat from calories: 90
\nDove<\/strong>
\n1\/4 of one bar (3.6 ozs.)
\nCalories: 330
\nFat from calories: 194
\nFYI … It’s about marketing their product and making money. They’re not really giving you anything.
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