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:

  1. Jme12 June 2008 at 09:53

    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

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  2. ingy12 June 2008 at 19:56

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

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  3. Anonymous12 June 2008 at 23:14

    james eats all those items weekly!

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  4. Anonymous13 June 2008 at 14:51

    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

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  5. Sybil Hebert13 June 2008 at 15:48

    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)

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  6. Sybil Hebert13 June 2008 at 15:51

    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)

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  7. Jme16 June 2008 at 16:47

    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...

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  8. Anonymous21 June 2008 at 13:53

    Hehe, interesting game! :)

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