{"id":6724,"date":"2013-02-20T23:53:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T04:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=6724"},"modified":"2015-02-16T08:58:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T13:58:46","slug":"the-most-xtreme-meals-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/the-most-xtreme-meals-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Most Xtreme Meals in America”"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s the title of CSPI director Michael Jacobsen’s article in the Huff-Po,<\/a> about the “winners” of this year’s Xtreme Eating awards.* The finalists are arrayed in a slideshow at the Huff-Po, but you can also see them in the CSPI’s own publication here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have the stomach for it, that is…<\/p>\n

In keeping with earlier “awards,” the winning dishes are loaded with sodium, saturated fat, sugar, and – of course – calories. I’m not averse to the occasional rich meal, and I loves me a good, sloppy burger, but I can’t imagine ordering any of these, under any circumstances.<\/p>\n

And it’s not just me. My son’s reaction was even stronger than mine. Ryan happened to amble into my office while I was flipping though the slideshow – he was curious to see what I was looking at.<\/p>\n

He immediately regretted that impulse: the look of disgust on his face was priceless.<\/p>\n

Now, Ryan’s a pretty normal American college student, when it comes to his food choices. He likes burgers\/fries; smoothies\/shakes; mac & cheese; pasta; ribs; veal etc. So, in a general sense, there wasn’t anything in the slideshow that he’d reject out of hand.<\/p>\n

But those “meals” were simply overwhelming. He’ll happily eat a peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich, for example, but he was totally grossed out by the\u00a0 “Peanut Power Plus Grape Smoothie” – which is the caloric equivalent of 4<\/strong> average PBJs (343 calories each, according to caloriecount.about.com<\/a>). He enjoys food, but<\/em> within reasonable limits.<\/em><\/p>\n

To me, that kind of “bust-a-gut” eating is joyless at best, sickening at worst. It’s not food, it’s food porn – ugh.<\/p>\n

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*The article appeared about a month ago, so I’m a little late to the game, but I’m still catching up on the news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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