Cookies+Vs.+Other+Snacks



Emanuel Diaz, David Johnson, Ciara Mazza **

What are better, cookies or other snacks? Some cookies are better then snacks, but some snacks are better then cookies. Some cookies are good for your health and some aren’t.

What are in snacks? In snacks, there are natural and organic foods. Organic foods are healthy because they have lots of hormones. They also are good because there are fruits, vegetables, and grains. Natural foods are good because they have very little processing.

Cookies can contain many things like nuts, chocolate, and other things. The question is are they good for health? Many people say yes, and many say no. The truth is both. A cookie isn’t the best choice for a snack, but it does help people not gain a lot of weight. A snack controls people's hunger so they won’t eat a lot for dinner. It also depends how they make it. People shouldn’t buy cookies from a store because they can contain chemicals. There much better homemade because people can make it there own way.

What is in cookies? In cookies there is all natural and whole-grain flour. They do not have hydrogenated fat. The cookies are still good and delicious. Cookies with chocolate chip and that is healthy and isn’t gross. Does this cookie have fiber, gyroplane, and has fruits and veggies? Yes, it has everything. This cookie has 130 calories and four grams of fat for every 5 cookies. On the label on the back, it says it has broccoli in it. This cookie is known as a healthy cookie. This cookie is made by the company Trader Joe’s Righteous Rounds.

A snack is a type of food that is not meant to be eaten as a main meal of the day. Snacks are meant to assuage a person's hunger between meals providing a brief supply of energy for the body. There are usually sandwiches or left over’s. Snacks are designed to be portable, quick, and satisfying. They're also designed to be less detachable, more durable and/or more appealing than prepared food. Snacks are often classified as a junk food. They either have little or no nutrition value.

The ingredients of an Oatmeal Raisin don’t change that much compared to Chocolate Chip. There’s practically no difference on the nutrition value. If people made them at home they can make them healthier by using less butter and sugar substrate.

All cookies are about 100 to 150 calories per ounce. A Chips Ahoy Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookie is only 80 calories per ounce. A usually Chocolate Chip Cookie weighs about 2/3’s of an ounce. An Oatmeal Raisin cookie is 60 calories per ounce. An Oatmeal Cookies weighs about ½ an ounce. The difference between the two cookies is only 20 calories. Avoid the cookies that have the low fat or low caned; they usually have a high calorie count. That’s pretty much like eating a big cookie.

There are many kinds of cookies but what people find the most interesting are the Mexican cookies. They have Mexican Wheat Cookies, Mexican Sugar Cookies, and more. Wedding Cake Cookies are made of shortbread. Some ingredients include different nuts like ground walnuts, almonds and pecans. The tasty Mexican Biscochitos where originated in Spain. There made with aniseed and then dusted with cinnamon. Some contain things like wine or orange juice. Another Mexican Cookie is the Churro. There the tasty fried cookies that are piped into oil and then fried until there golden brown.

Not all snacking is bad. Snacking is important and good for people. The more that you snack, the more calories people take in. Snacks help peoples hunger so they don’t over eat and stay in shape. Try to snack with fruit, like eat a banana, or an orange, it will keep people in shape.

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 * January 28, 2010 **