Man finds out the hard way that the nutrition label was off by 100%, eats 4k calories worth of chips: 'I put more stock in a government label than my body'

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Isabella Penn
Aug 31, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

With the rise of fitness influencer culture on social media, there are all kinds of tips and tricks to stay healthy and feel your best; it's almost intimidating. From eating strict keto diets to tracking your macros and participating in 75 hard (seriously, who comes up with this stuff?), it can feel impossible to keep up with the trends.

This guy tracks his food intake to the max, accounting for macros, micros, fiber, calories, and everything else we didn't even know we should be paying attention to on a nutrition label. That's why when he found a bag of tortilla chips with incredible health benefits, he thought it was too good to be true (spoiler alert, it was).

After eating an insane amount of chips in two days (how could that possibly be healthy?), he noticed his stomach felt off, and he was incredibly full throughout the day. Yet, he continued to eat the chips. He even went to the store and bought more bags. It wasn't until he went and posted his 'amazing' find on Reddit that he started to question if the nutrition label was actually credible. Let this be your warning.

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  • 01
    r/tifu 9 hr. ago Nubian_Cavalry TIFU by eating 2k calories worth of tortilla chips not one, but TWO days in a row.
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    A year ago I begun to try exercise and watching what I eat, mainly calories. Having realized I was pretty overweight during high school (175lbs at 5'8). Having a of free time as a dude in my early 20s this should be an
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    important habit to form before life actually hits me (As my older co workers put it). I've now reached a healthy weight range (140lbs) and I'm now experimenting. Last Friday (August 23rd, 2024 for you folks from the future) I
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    bought a 0.9 pound bag of tortilla chips from my local supermarket, Fresh by Brookshire. A location in Northern Texas. They were called "Housemade hatch tortilla chips", clearly store brand, store original. Had a variant called "Original".
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    What drew me to these chips, as you can see: were the macros. I've only weighed my food recently and have learned alot about food, caloric density, the way western society can encourage it. And slowly gravitated to less calorie
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    dense foods, not all at once, but gradually. I feel I have a good grasp of the weight and volume of foods, 360 calories for 170 grams of chips? Large, wide chips? That take a long time to chew.
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    That's almost a 2:1 ratio, where most Doritos and nachos have a 4:1 ratio at best. I could fill a large bowl with these, and a smaller bowl can get up to 80 grams. (170). That in addition to okay
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    protein and high fiber, I can snack AND get something out of it! it sounded too good to be true! It was... As snacks on Friday, I ate a total of 250 grams, half the bag. Should
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    have totaled up to 530 calories. On top of a chicken wrap, potato wedges, and roughly 300 grams of carrots. That night my stomach felt terrible, but I just chalked it up to the amount of fiber I ate that day. Roughly 60.
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    Woke up the next day (August 24th) not feeling particularly hungry until after my walk. Ate a banana. Then finished off that bag of chips. Which should have weighed about 404 grams in total
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    (Ate about 150) which should have been under 350 calories. Took a ride with my father after the gym. I noticed that despite eating 460 calories up to that point, lifting and 400 calories worth of cardio didn't make me feel that tired or depleted. He
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    noticed I bought the chips and wanted to try some himself, I said one pack was fine but he insisted I get two, and when I told him the first pack was gone he said I should get three. On his credit card. Despite me saying we didn't need three
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    Did that. Still didn't feel that hungry until a bit later, ate more carrots. then the chips... In truth I only assumed I ate about a bag and a half that day. Maybe more. 700 grams in total that day.
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    That's 1500 calories of chips! Pretty insane but hey, I tracked it all, I'm still in a calorie deficit. I only ate small fruits and veggies that day aside from the chips.
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    Worst case scenario, I worked out that day. And one bad day wasn't going to ruin me. They have fiber and protein after all, that's good for you!
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    Then I posted about these chips on a subreddit. Got all sorts of flake, "You sweet summer child". "Dude come on!" With no elaboration. Until a kind user told me he couldn't find about these tortilla chips online, which prompted me to search and have the same realization.
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    Another way to check, another kind user pointed out, the fat/protein/carb ratio. Essentially 9, 4, and 4 calories a gram each. I did the math already. The label describes a serving of 85 grams of chips, not 170, as 360 calories.
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    The label was off by 100 percent! My stomach was screaming at me the whole time about this, I assumed it was the fiber, I assumed it was just cuz I ate a ton of chips, even if they were "Good" chips. I put more stock in a government label than my body.
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    I the government probably doesn't even know about these. Like I said, I can't find about these online. They don't exist in any calorie tracking app, last I checked not even the fresh website lists these.
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    In reality, I did not eat 530 calories of tortilla chips on Friday. I did not eat 1500 grams of tortilla chips on Saturday. I ate 1000 calories of tortilla chips on Friday, and 3000 calories of chips on Saturday!!! Because of an inaccurate label!
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    Edit: Forgot to add, this morning, I did report this to corporate office (Accidentally saved their number instead of that store) and they're "Handling it" but I got something. to study for, been putting it off too long honestly. Need to lock in.
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    "It sounded too good to be true! It was..."
    via David Harvey

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