Is Life Really Too Short for Oatmeal?
On my way home tonight I passed a Quick Trip billboard sporting two large cinnamon rolls and the slogan … “Life’s Too Short for Oatmeal.”
Seriously QT?
According to this Wikipedia article on obesity in America, 64 percent of American adults are overweight or obese. More than 20 million people over the age of 20 have diabetes and more than 200,000 people die from it each year. Plus, nearly one million people die of heart attacks or other cardiovascular illness, including stroke, every year.
I, not surprisingly, can’t find any nutritional facts for the delights at QT online, but on the billboard the pastries appeared to be about the size of a large Pillsbury rolls. Counting both of them, here is the considerable damage:
* 640 calories
* 20 grams fat (6 grams saturated fat)
* 44 grams of sugars
Life will definitely be too short with regular breakfasts like that. I say bring on the oatmeal (and fire the advertising genius that came up with that ridiculous billboard).
November 17th, 2008 at 7:31 am
I guess I am lucky not to have a QT in Orlando. However, I imagine that the billboard cinnamon roll was quite a bit bigger than a Pillsbury roll. On a billboard, it was probably the size of a Yugo, or a small Kia. Imagine the calories…