- [Rhett] Are healthier snacks really worth it?
- [Link] Let's talk about that
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- [Link] Good Mythical Morning.
- [Rhett] Close your eyes, Link, and imagine a world of rainbows and blue skies.
- [Rhett] A world of never ending peace and happiness.
- [Rhett] A world where no one makes fun of your mullet
- [Rhett] no matter how make-fun-able it is.
- [Link] How do I get to this world, Rhett? Damn it, tell me
- [Rhett] We're already there.
- [Rhett] All we need to do is make healthy snacks
- [Rhett] taste as good as unhealthy snacks.
- [Link] What if they already did?
- [Rhett] Well, let's find out. It's time for
- [Rhett] Good Enough: Fat and Sugar Free Snacks Edition
- [Stevie] Gentlemen, today you're going to taste and compare popular snacks
- [Stevie] against their sugar free and low fat counterparts.
- [Stevie] Then you'll decide if the taste of the original snacks
- [Stevie] outweigh the nutritional value of the healthier versions,
- [Stevie] and you've got a stack of cards there with real life calorie burning scenarios
- [Stevie] to help you make your decision.
- [Rhett] Those are my favorite scenarios.
- [Link] First up is original Cheez-Its versus reduced fat Cheez-It's
- [Link] While you love volunteering at your grandma's nursing home,
- [Link] you don't love it when her roommate, Fran,
- [Link] just so happens to accidentally spill her jar of pennies
- [Link] every time you're around, so she can watch you pick them up.
- [Link] Picking up a single penny burns 0.167 calories,
- [Link] which means you would have to bend over
- [Link] and pick up a penny 60 times
- [Link] in order to burn the extra calories in the classic Cheez-Its.
- [Link] It wouldn't mean that you would bend over once
- [Link] and pick up a whole bunch of pennies.
- [Link] You would bend over each time and pick up one penny,
- [Link] because that's how Fran likes it.
- [Link] Are normal Cheez-Its
- [Rhett] Stretch it out for Fran.
- [Link] worth bending over 60 times in front of Frisky Franny
- [Link] or are the reduced fat ones good enough?
- [Rhett] And this is like the calories saved in a serving, right? Is that?
- [Stevie] Yeah
- [Rhett] Calories saved in a serving.
- [Link] We should definitely start.
- [Rhett] Always start with this, because if you're going to get the healthier version,
- [Rhett] just know when it's at your house, it’s the only thing at your house.
- [Rhett] So, this is actually kind of an unfair,
- [Rhett] if you taste the first one, you're going to be like so disappointed.
- [Rhett] But like, what is the experience in just eating a healthier
- [Link] Cheez-It
- [Link] t’s just a Cheez-It, right? Something's off with this Cheez-It. It’s a little unsatisfying.
- [Rhett] I might just think it was a little old, like Fran.
- [Link] Yeah, it feels a little old.
- [Rhett] Not cheesy enough or something
- [Rhett] But, I keep going.
- [Link] I wonder what. Maybe fat?
- [Link] Let's see how dramatic the difference is.
- [Rhett] These have that Cheez-It taste.
- [Rhett] There's like a distinct sort of like what makes a Cheez-It a Cheez-It,
- [Rhett] in my mind is happening with this, that’s not happening with that.
- [Link] It's an aftertaste kind of thing.
- [Rhett] It hit my tongue. I'm a big Cheez-It fan though.
- [Link] You like bending over in front of an old lady for her viewing pleasure?
- [Link] Because I really don't have a problem with that.
- [Rhett] I've bent over quite a bit
- [Link] Right, just make sure you hinge right.
- [Rhett] From time to time, and most of the time.
- [Link] What are the scenarios where you’re bending over quite a bit?
- [Rhett] Anybody who is enjoying this, that's fine. I don't care.
- [Rhett] I don't feel exploited. I mean, I'm going to bend over.
- [Link] You know what? Here you go.
- [Link] Oh, sorry, I've got that right on you crack. That's actually perfect.
- [Rhett] I was just picking up a Cheez-It off the floor and eating it.
- [Link] Whoops! Franny, you watching?
- [Link] You didn't want to give Fran another?
- [Rhett] I mean, you can only eat one thing off the floor a day.
- [Rhett] I have a feeling that you don't think
- [Link] These are like cardboard.
- [Rhett] Oh
- [Link] No, they are.
- [Link] No, I agree.
- [Link] It's just for me, it was an after taste, not an immediate taste.
- [Link] But that makes all the difference.
- [Rhett] I think these don't have what makes a Cheez-It a Cheez-It.
- [Rhett] And apparently what makes a Cheez-It a Cheez-It is a little bit of extra fat.
- [Link] And a lot of bending over
- [Rhett] Reduced fat Cheez-Its, ugh, that’s rough!
- [Rhett] Okay, now we've got,
- [Rhett] is it Sargento or Sargènto?
- [Rhett] Sargento string cheese versus Sargento light string cheese.
- [Rhett] Light string cheese is exactly half as many calories.
- [Link] And half the fat.
- [Rhett] So, one of these in the original, one string, 90 calories
- [Rhett] and one of these 45.
- [Rhett] That's a pretty big difference. Here's the scenario to consider.
- [Rhett] Wow, you're a slob. You've neglected to dust your place
- [Rhett] for the last 11 years and now you are swimming in dust.
- [Rhett] Well, here's some news. Dusting burns 180 calories in an hour,
- [Rhett] which means you could need to dust for 15 minutes to
- [Link] Could need to dust.
- [Rhett] You'd need to dust,
- [Rhett] for 15 minutes to burn off the extra calories and the full fat Sargento string cheese.
- [Rhett] Is it worth it?
- [Link] 15 minutes.
- [Rhett] 15 minutes of dusting.
- [Link] Nobody wants to allocate time to dusting. Let's eat this first.
- [Link] And are we doing the thing, that, the proper.
- [Rhett] First of all, I hate to point this out, but I'm going to
- [Rhett] It's a lot smaller. So not only, I mean, it's not as big around.
- [Link] We've uncovered it.
- [Rhett] It's shorter and it's a different color. It's a different color.
- [Stevie] Yeah. But would you ever know any of those things
- [Stevie] if you just had the light version?
- [Rhett] This feels a little bit small. I'd be like,
- [Rhett] I remember there being more flop on this thing.
- [Link] That's why you watch this show, because we know things.
- [Rhett] I’ve eaten a lot of string cheese in my life.
- [Rhett] It's not bad.
- [Link] I'm not picking up on anything that's saddening to me.
- [Rhett] It's not as smooth, it’s harder.
- [Link] You think it is?
- [Link] See, we have to eat both, you know?
- [Link] So, we're going to have to dust no matter what.
- [Rhett] Somebody's got to do it.
- [Link] The way that that just pulls off.
- [Rhett] Oh, you can, like, smell the cheese as you bring it up to your face.
- [Rhett] It's so much better. Oh, man.
- [Link] It’s softer.
- [Rhett] Don't get the real version.
- [Link] It was okay.
- [Rhett] Don't get it because it's too good.
- [Rhett] You need to go at least three or four months without eating this.
- [Rhett] To reset your barometer.
- [Rhett] Your cheese barometer.
- [Link] Why is this so much better?
- [Rhett] It's so much better, but I wasn't completely displeased.
- [Link] Yeah, but that’s because it's still cheese.
- [Rhett] But I know that it's out there. No, this is not close enough.
- [Rhett] It's not close enough. I'll dust for half an hour
- [Rhett] Because I’m eating two of them.
- [Link] It really is dramatically better.
- [Rhett] All right. The low fat version,
- [Rhett] Ugh, that's rough.
- [Link] Behold, Twizzlers, and this sad little zero sugar version of a Twizzler.
- [Link] You can have four of these in a serving, though,
- [Link] and then for 70 calories more and one Twizzler less,
- [Link] you can eat the normal one.
- [Link] Does that make sense to you?
- [Rhett] Three Twizzlers. Four Twizzlers is a serving.
- [Rhett] 70 calories more for the originals.
- [Rhett] They're much redder
- [Link] The sugarized ones have that deep floppy red,
- [Link] and the non sugar has this
- [Rhett] They're bright. I think they look better.
- [Link] A magic standing rope. Okay, so it is more vibrant.
- [Link] Oh, yeah. I got to read the thing.
- [Rhett] Yeah, read the thing.
- [Link] What better way to put your countless viewings
- [Link] of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever to good use
- [Link] than to sign up for your local talent show,
- [Link] dancing disco burns 450 calories in an hour.
- [Link] Which means you would have to do The Hustle
- [Link] in front of your entire community for nine and a third minutes.
- [Rhett] That's a lot of embarrassment.
- [Link] In order to burn the extra calories.
- [Rhett] By yourself? Doing The Shuffle by yourself for 9 minutes?
- [Link] The Hustle. The Hustle.
- [Link] Are classic Twizzlers worth Hustling for nine and a third minutes.
- [Link] Or is a zero sugar version good enough?
- [Rhett] Not only are they a different color,
- [Rhett] just like the string cheese, this one is shorter and it is not as thick.
- [Rhett] So they use a completely different machine to make the healthy ones.
- [Link] That tastes bad.
- [Rhett] Why does it taste like a cleaner?
- [Link] Because I'm about to mop up the floor doing The Hustle.
- [Link] The Hustle, just so you all know,
- [Link] I saw somebody do it once, it's kind of like The Electric Slide.
- [Link] You kind of go this way, then you go this way.
- [Link] There's actually none of this, you know?
- [Link] This is like the type of disco that I want to do where the arm goes out,
- [Link] but then The Hustle is like, you just do something like this.
- [Link] It's actually.
- [Rhett] Pretty embarrassing.
- [Link] Pretty embarrassing.
- [Rhett] Yeah.
- [Rhett] These are awful.
- [Link] I'm so embarrassed.
- [Link] Yeah, that’s bad.
- [Rhett] There's like a medicinal, what is in these things?
- [Rhett] Sugar, alcohol?
- [Rhett] Yes, sugar, alcohol. 15 grams.
- [Link] Oh, that might make your
- [Rhett] If you eat a lot of that
- [Link] It might make you
- [Rhett] You’ll be sharting all over yourself.
- [Link] Cramp up and poop me a river, you know?
- [Link] Like the Justin Timberlake song.
- [Link] I could dance The Hustle to that, all the way to the restroom.
- [Link] These are so floppy.
- [Rhett] I think the issue for me is they taste horrible.
- [Rhett] They're too bright, it's a little scary.
- [Rhett] And that's sugar, alcohol, I stay away from that stuff, man.
- [Link] But this just in, Twizzlers also tastes like crap. Normal ones.
- [Link] This is a lose-lose unless you're really into eating plastic
- [Rhett] I think this is for people who have already made a decision
- [Rhett] that they want to eat Twizzlers.
- [Rhett] I think you just nullified your opinion.
- [Link] If you love Twizzlers.
- [Rhett] I like Twizzlers.
- [Rhett] Not as good as actual black licorice, but again,
- [Rhett] the healthy version loses.
- [Rhett] Twizzlers, zero sugar.
- [Rhett] Ugh, that’s rough!
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- [Rhett] You're really in for a treat if you like mail.
- [Rhett] Okay, Pringles original versus reduced fat Pringles.
- [Rhett] Now, this is actually a really, really close.
- [Rhett] I mean, in fact, it almost seems like they just did it
- [Rhett] so they could say that it was reduced fat.
- [Link] It says 25% less fat, but then it says, then regular potato chips.
- [Rhett] Let me put this into perspective.
- [Rhett] 15 Pringles, 150 calories.
- [Rhett] 15 reduced fat, 140 calories.
- [Rhett] So this is actually really, really close. In fact
- [Link] I’m feeling kind of screwed right now.
- [Rhett] You get 13% of your saturated fat from regular Pringles
- [Rhett] and you get 10%. So, I mean, we're talking negligible things.
- [Link] So you predict that they will not taste that different?
- [Rhett] They should taste almost as good
- [Rhett] because the health difference is not even really worth anything
- [Rhett] other than just being able to say it's a health difference.
- [Link] But what is the scenario?
- [Rhett] Oh, yes, I always forget about the scenario.
- [Link] That's the most important part.
- [Rhett] Bad news. Your mom is currently live streaming on Facebook.
- [Rhett] Badder news, she's 7 hours in and doesn't know how to stop.
- [Rhett] So it's up to you to text her through the end of it,
- [Rhett] or text her through ending it, well, the end of the live stream.
- [Rhett] Texting burns, one calorie every 90 seconds.
- [Link] All that, so you can say texting.
- [Rhett] That means you have to text your mom through this ordeal
- [Rhett] for 15 minutes straight in order to, I mean, that’s not a lot of texting.
- [Rhett] 15 minutes of texting your mom.
- [Rhett] Dink it. - [Link] Sink it.
- [Rhett] Just tastes like a Pringle.
- [Link] The aftertaste is a little weird, I think.
- [Link] But maybe that's just because it's a particulated potato product.
- [Link] Maybe I just don't like Pringles.
- [Link] Maybe that's what it is.
- [Rhett] You made it clear that you don't.
- [Link] So, unless this tastes so much better,
- [Link] this one's actually got potato in it.
- [Rhett] It certainly is better.
- [Link] A lot more better.
- [Link] If this one doesn't get it, man,
- [Link] we're on a train to a Queen’s sweep of none of these being good enough.
- [Link] I think this is the only one that might have a chance.
- [Rhett] It’s good enough, man. This is clearly better and more better than I expected.
- [Link] Because it's still crunchy and salty,
- [Link] you're none the wiser.
- [Rhett] Yeah, you have to do the side by side.
- [Rhett] Without this one, you would be just like. I just, I would keep eating them,
- [Rhett] and actually for 15 minutes of texting.
- [Rhett] In fact, you know what? I don't even know if the difference is enough to justify.
- [Rhett] You're already going to have 140 calories when you eat 15 of these
- [Rhett] 10 calories?
- [Rhett] I don't have to text my mom at all.
- [Rhett] You know, I'm saying? I can just let my mom just stay on the livestream forever.
- [Rhett] I don't care about that.
- [Link] Do you still have to love her?
- [Rhett] Well, I do love her. That’s why I'm letting her go free.
- [Link] But you don’t, right.
- [Link] But you don't have to love her, which is kind of like what love is all about.
- [Rhett] But listen, I think that if you want
- [Link] Love is loving someone when you don't have to.
- [Rhett] Right. It's right. It's a choice
- [Link] If you love someone because you have to, is that love at all?
- [Rhett] Yeah. Love your mom.
- [Stevie] Wait, when have you been forced to love someone
- [Stevie] and then you actually love them because you're forced by force?
- [Link] Well, we read it right here.
- [Rhett] My mom forces me to love her.
- [Stevie] Oh, my God.
- [Rhett] I love my mom.
- [Rhett] And I'm going back on everything I just said.
- [Rhett] I'm saying something has to be good enough.
- [Link] This has got to be it.
- [Link] Reduced fat Pringles. Good enough.
- [Link] Now we've got Hershey's Syrup versus Hershey's Zero Sugar Syrup,
- [Link] and there is a massive difference here.
- [Link] We're talking 1,415 calorie discrepancy.
- [Rhett] 1,415. Yeah, nine times as many calories in the original.
- [Rhett] So you're actually making a huge cut if you're using this stuff.
- [Link] Okay. Before it melts, let me read this.
- [Link] You've taken up frolfing.
- [Rhett] Frothing?
- [Link] That's what all the cool cats call frisbee golf,
- [Link] which burns 270 calories an hour.
- [Link] It's not that strenuous of an activity.
- [Rhett] No, it's mostly just casual conversation.
- [Link] That means you'd have to look super cool playing frisbee golf for 8.9 minutes.
- [Link] That's hard to do.
- [Link] In order to burn off the extra calories in the classic Hershey's Chocolate Syrup.
- [Link] Is sugarized syrup worth frisbee golfing for 8.9 minutes?
- [Link] You know what? Let's go nuts. Let's just say 9 minutes.
- [Rhett] What if you have to shuffle while doing it?
- [Link] Shuffle what?
- [Rhett] You know, you do The Shuffle while frisbee golfing.
- [Link] Oh, The Hustle. You keep wanting to do The Shuffle.
- [Rhett] Did I call it The Shuffle again?
- [Link] You keep calling it The Shuffle.
- [Link] Is zero sugar version good enough? Let's start with that.
- [Link] It's all over the place.
- [Rhett] I wish it was crackle. I wish it was magic shell.
- [Link] It actually kind of looks like it's behaving like.
- [Rhett] That actually does look more like magic shell than regular.
- [Rhett] Oh, gosh.
- [Link] I want to get a little bit of it without the ice cream,
- [Link] because the ice cream is good.
- [Link] And the chocolate on the ice cream.
- [Rhett] This is surprisingly not bad. There's nothing off about it.
- [Link] That's because the ice cream is so good
- [Link] and you're going to eat it in something, so.
- [Link] if you eat it on its own, it is very watery.
- [Rhett] Sugar, alcohol, but only two grams, in a tablespoon.
- [Rhett] So that does add up pretty fast, but somehow they disguise this flavor pretty well.
- [Rhett] I got to say, I wouldn't know I was eating something different.
- [Link] And it does taste like specifically Hershey's still.
- [Link] Because you know it has that signature.
- [Link] Oh this is, it’s gooey.
- [Rhett] Big difference side by side once you taste it.
- [Rhett] But again, if there's nothing off-putting about your first bite,
- [Rhett] that's a lot. It goes a long way.
- [Link] I’m gonna isolate this. The gooey, the syrupy.
- [Rhett] Coming back in, going heavy syrup,
- [Rhett] clearly a difference, especially when you come back.
- [Rhett] Now you're getting a little bit of that weird taste.
- [Rhett] Don't go back.
- [Link] Do not ever go back.
- [Rhett] Don't switch.
- [Link] Do not ever eat this on its own.
- [Link] Put it on like the sugariest thing you can find.
- [Link] And it does okay.
- [Rhett] Because it's such a huge difference.
- [Rhett] I don’t know, man. I think it might be worth it.
- [Link] I agree.
- [Rhett] I think it's worth 10 minutes of frisbee golf.
- [Link] Hershey's zero sugar, chocolate syrup. Good enough.
- [Rhett] Look at that. We had such a turnaround there.
- [Rhett] I didn't think anything was going to be good enough.
- [Link] Do not eat this on its own.
- [Rhett] Yeah, yeah. We're not telling you that you're going to like it.
- [Rhett] We're just going to say that if you forget this exists, you're going to be okay.
- [Rhett] So, we’re saying that the zero sugar Hershey's Syrup
- [Rhett] and then the reduced fat Pringles are good enough.
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