Interesting info

So the other day at work my friend and I were craving butter mints. You know the fluffy little pillow like mints! Love them. Anyway I was googling the nutrition info to how many calories there are. I found the following information on Livestrong.org

Overview

A bowl of butter mints is not an uncommon sight at weddings and on buffets. Known for their light pastel colors and silky-smooth texture, butter mints are low in calories if you limit yourself to one or two.

Calories

One butter mint provides seven calories and can last a few minutes as you savor it after a meal. Grab a handful of seven or eight butter mints, however, and you'll be eating more than 50 calories.

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Basic Nutrition

The calories in butter mint come from carbohydrates, which in turn, are derived from the sugar that butter mints are made of. Each butter mint has 2 g of carbohydrates and no protein, fat or fiber, although some homemade butter mints may contain butter, and thus fat. Butter mints are not a good source of vitamins and minerals.

Warning

While eating an occasional butter mint won't add too many extra calories to your daily intake, eating a handful on a regular basis will add too many refined carbohydrates to your diet. Refined carbohydrates, such as those in butter mints, can promote obesity, heart disease and diabetes, according to The Harvard School of Public Health.

I LOVED The warning part. My friend and I chatted for a bit and wondered if all sweets contained that warning would we eat as much as we do? I mean didn't a law just pass that all cigarette cartons must have a graphic warning label? So why doesn't the sugary, high sodium, food that is killing our country have to provide a graphic warning label? Interesting...

PS I have been LOVING my Eat This Not That books! More to come on those!!