Now, Donuts Are Healthy, Too? Oh, Please!

As if it isn’t enough that soda is now being trumpeted as "healthy," now donuts are seeking to capture that coveted label, too.

Look, I know what it’s like to get all goo-goo ga-ga over sweets of any kind. In fact, I confess that — in my unsavory sugary past — there were times when I sought out donuts in a big way.

But I’ve since learned the sour scoop about sweets, and while donuts do taste good, I’d rather relish a sweet life instead.

Anyhow, I have great empathy and understanding for Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle. You see, he’s all ecstatic over these new Super Donuts. He even hails them as "good for you!"

Oh, please… No offense meant, but I wouldn’t even dream of dubbing these refined carb "treats" as "good for you," especially given what I’ve learned for the past five years (from some 250 health experts, plus hundreds of medical studies), while working on my book SUGAR SHOCK!

Frankly, in many ways, these donuts sound pretty typical. They’re made of enriched flour, water, sugar, palm oil, cottonseed or canola oil, yeast, wheat protein and milk protein. (How can that be interpreted as "good for you," I wonder.)

Now, I’m quick to admit that these donuts are better than most. They do differ in that:

  • They don’t have artificial colors or flavors.
  • They contain no preservatives and no trans fat.

OK, these are improvements.

  • Oh wait, each doughnut also has seven grams of protein.

But the "coup" that the reporter crooned over is that:

  • Some some vitamins and minerals tossed into the mix.

But, let’s call a spade a spade.

Calling these refined-carb donuts "good for you" is really pushing it, don’t you think?

Besides, even if vitamins and minerals are added, will people even be getting their benefits. You see, as sugar expert Nancy Appleton, Ph.D. explained to me, "Even three teaspoons of refined sugars work to throw the body out of balance and compromise its health."

Also, let’s not forget, that refined carbs really aren’t a whole lot different than sugar, because they rapidly convert to glucose in our bloodstream.

But I really want to be open minded. Maybe if you’re weaning yourself off of those culprit carbs, these donuts may be an option for some people.

Even so, frankly, I’d prefer an organic apple any old day over a donut. Much more tasty and nourishing. 

Thanks to Tesser, an Assistant Moderator in my free KickSugar group, who laughingly tipped me onto this story, laughingly calling it "ludicrous."

3 thoughts on “Now, Donuts Are Healthy, Too? Oh, Please!”

  1. connie
    i read that “3 teaspoons of sugar” quote in your book and even used it in a sugar talk and then i got to thinking (good idea, eh?)…3 teaspons of sugar is 12 grams of sugar…that’s almost 2 ounces of 73% dark chocolate…of course it’s also just three hershey’s kisses…
    so what’s your educated opinion…does it take 3 teaspoons of sugar to put the body out of wack? will something less than that spike the bloodsugar of someone with a healthy pancreas, healthy liver, healthy insulin response?
    searching for balance
    chas

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