Wednesday 11 June 2008

"Guess the carbs" game!

This is a game for diabetes educators (and anybody else who has some extra time on their hands)!
Try to guess how many net carbohydrates are in the following popular fast food items- no cheating!
The one who can guess most accurately will win… nothing. But will have the satisfaction of knowing that they know their carb content!


Answers will be posted Friday.

*Bonus points if you can guess how many calories each food item has!

Tim Hortons
Wheat n’ Honey bagel
Chocolate chip muffin
Low fat cranberry muffin
Chocolate glazed donut

Starbucks
Grande café mocha, no whip
Grande peppermint white chocolate mocha, no whip
White chocolate blueberry scone

McDonald’s
Large fries
Large Coke
10 chicken McNuggets with BBQ sauce
Hot fudge sundae

8 comments:

Jme said...

total stab in the dark...

Tim Hortons
Wheat n’ Honey bagel
230
Chocolate chip muffin
350
Low fat cranberry muffin
180
Chocolate glazed donut
290


Starbucks
Grande café mocha, no whip
245
Grande peppermint white chocolate mocha, no whip
400
White chocolate blueberry scone
350

McDonald’s
Large fries
440
Large Coke
520
10 chicken McNuggets with BBQ sauce
640
Hot fudge sundae
490

ingy said...

This is impossible... James wins! (I should ask Darren to play)

Anonymous said...

james eats all those items weekly!

Anonymous said...

Tim Hortons bagel - 50g
choc chip muffin - 60
low fat cran muffin - 70
choc glazed donut - 40
Starbucks - mocha - 30
pepp choc mocha - 45
white choc scone - 40
McDonalds - lg fries - 65
lg coke - 60
10 nuggets with bbq sauce - 15
hot fudge sundae - 75

Sybil Hebert, RD said...

Thanks jme! You did great. (correct answer is in parentheses):

Tim Hortons
Wheat n’ Honey bagel 230 (300)
Chocolate chip muffin 350 (430)
Low fat cranberry muffin 180 (290)
Chocolate glazed donut 290 (260)

Starbucks
Grande café mocha, no whip 245 (290)
Grande peppermint white chocolate mocha, no whip 400 (490)
White chocolate blueberry scone
350 (470)

McDonald’s
Large fries 440 (560)
Large Coke 520 (320)
10 chicken McNuggets with BBQ sauce
640 (565)
Hot fudge sundae 490 (330)

Sybil Hebert, RD said...

Thanks "my favourite nurse" for your answers!! You're very close!!
(correct answers for grams of carbs are in parentheses)

Tim Hortons bagel - 50g (56)
choc chip muffin - 60 (67)
low fat cran muffin - 70 (60)
choc glazed donut - 40 (37)
Starbucks - mocha - 30 (38)
pepp choc mocha - 45 (77)
white choc scone - 40 (53)
McDonalds - lg fries - 65 (68)
lg coke - 60 (82)
10 nuggets with bbq sauce - 15 (40)
hot fudge sundae - 75 (55)

Jme said...

My gosh, i read the bonus question and then the real question and then the bonus question and then the real question and thought yep, they are the same! shes just crazy! alas, 'tis i that is crazy.
dont think i would have done well on the carb amounts anyways...

Anonymous said...

Hehe, interesting game! :)