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Unhealthy VS Healthy

Burger Granola
Calories: 303 Calories: 132
Sat. Fat: 5g Sat. Fat: 0.7g
Sugar: 5g Sugar: 8g
Sodium: 589mg Sodium: 82mg
VS VS

Salad Takis
Calories: 94 Calories: 140
Sat. Fat: 2.5g Sat. Fat: 4g
Sugar: 4.4g Sugar: 0g
Sodium: 177mg Sodium: 420mg

Doughnut French Fries
Calories: 195 Calories: 365
Sat. Fat: 6g Sat. Fat: 2.7g
Sugar: 11g Sugar: 0.4g
Sodium: 140mg Sodium: 246mg
VS VS

Apple Celery
Calories: 95 Calories: 6
Sat. Fat: 0.1g Sat. Fat: 0g
Sugar: 19g Sugar: 0.7g
Sodium: 2mg Sodium: 32mg

By: Jose Arevalo What’s your pick?

In this day and age of information overload, it isn’t aspect of eating, offering a sugar-free, and mostly grease-free
very far fetched to see how incredibly savvy consumers have diet. Foods such as whole wheat pasta, baked meats, and even
become. It is a normal sight to see shoppers reading food labels exotic salads were often at the center of the food offered to
in any supermarket. With the amount of information and food students.
studies out there, people had to make the daily decisions of This, however, did not deter the daily cravings for
trying to eat healthy, or splurging in the occasional temptation sugary snacks and drinks. Many students disregarded the foods
food. they ate and preferred to go with what tasted good. With the
For young men especially, the decision of eating healthy vending machines around school a thing of the past, having a
to promote growth or delving in the foods that provided quick bag of mariquitas or takis took a back seat to granola and protein
comfort or satisfaction was always an issue. It was a battle bars, which were easier to carry in a bag pack.
between health and the taste buds. “When choosing what to eat I try to balance my diet with
“When choosing between healthy and junk foods, I salads and some steaks for proteins,” said Leunam Escarras-Lola
always consider how it will affect my performance on the field,” Regardless of the choices each person made, it was
said senior Jordan Galves. always evident that a balance between the healthy snacks and
The school cafeteria tended to go more with the healthy the occasional splurge was necessary for an appropriate diet.