benefit of eating "French Fries"

eshban · 08-25-2008, 07:34 AM

is there any benefit of eating "French Fries" before 30 -45 minutes of starting the workout?. i am in bulking state. Does not it makes me FAt?

**Kaboom** · 08-25-2008, 07:59 AM

Uh No!! not only is it the wrong kind of carb for preworkout its fried and bad for you

**gringo220** · 08-25-2008, 08:50 AM

Yeah not to good for you at all. Have you ever noticed when you clean out the car you always find a leftover fry under the seat and you haven't eaten then for about three months and it's still in good shape. Imagine how your body feels trying to break that down and digest it. I'd stay away from them and eat something else.

**mitbar** · 08-25-2008, 09:04 AM

NO!!!!!!!!!!!

**Kaboom** · 08-25-2008, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by gringo220

Yeah not to good for you at all. Have you ever noticed when you clean out the car you always find a leftover fry under the seat and you haven't eaten then for about three months and it's still in good shape. Imagine how your body feels trying to break that down and digest it. I'd stay away from them and eat something else.

Now thats a good way to put it haha

**gringo220** · 08-25-2008, 08:52 PM

^ Yeah, I try not to eat them to often. Doesn't seem right to me.

Half Second · 08-25-2008, 09:21 PM

Yeah there are some foods I can't really bring myself to eat anymore, even on a semi-dirty bulk or cheat day. Fries are one of them. Fried cheese is up there too.

**gringo220** · 08-25-2008, 09:39 PM

I don't see to many deep fried foods being good except for a deep fried twinkie..lol

**Kaboom** · 08-25-2008, 10:53 PM

Ilove some fried catfish lol

**ibanezman88** · 08-25-2008, 11:03 PM

bake the fries
a mixture of high GI carbs and low GI carbs before a workout seems to work great for me.

**prime52** · 08-25-2008, 11:17 PM

<-- wake and bake my brain is fried

Half Second · 08-25-2008, 11:46 PM

agreed, some are worse than others though. I love going to our county fair just because I get a kick out of what they will fry there. The worst I've seen health-wise was a deep fried Snickers. there's some weird **** they will fry too.

**gringo220** · 08-26-2008, 12:26 AM

The fair in my town has fried pepsi. It's the syrup in a batter deep fried then put in a cup with more pepsi syrup on it covered in whipped cream and powered sugar and topped off with chocolate syrup. It's ****in good!

emkay237 · 08-26-2008, 01:47 AM

peanut butter before a workout is so key..

**islander** · 08-26-2008, 02:00 AM

my favorite fried food..im eating it right now lol...a grill cheese sandwich...hmmm! well im trying to be good. its on a multigrain 'no flour' bread with skim milk mozzerella and zero trans fat olive oil margarine, having it with a bowl of homemade salmon chodwer i made last night. good post wo meal..kinda lol hmm ill post up the recipe for the chowder in the recipe section, its really good.

**Kaboom** · 08-26-2008, 06:36 AM

Boy I love some grilled cheese.I just havent had one in a few years.My baby girl wanted one last night and I drooled over it while I was making it for her

**islander** · 08-26-2008, 01:06 PM

I really admire your will power. Im trying so hard but then there this voice in my brain that says 'nawww dont worry about it, youll be much happier, no big deal,just eat that grill cheese, cut something else out later...' This voice is so freindly i believe it damit! I NEED WILLPOWER (sorry just reading the eating disorder thread)

L!on · 08-26-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by islander

I really admire your will power. Im trying so hard but then there this voice in my brain that says 'nawww dont worry about it, youll be much happier, no big deal,just eat that grill cheese, cut something else out later...' This voice is so freindly i believe it damit! I NEED WILLPOWER (sorry just reading the eating disorder thread)

you are not alone

Stingray · 08-26-2008, 01:28 PM

I like to eat sweet potatoes fries every now and again. Sliced thin and baked until crispy with some spices. Mmmmmmm love those complex carbs.

**islander** · 08-26-2008, 01:33 PM

thanks L!on!

oh man! yam fries shiiit. Well my will powers been holding out on those for awhile. My freind was here from Australia and she thought it was so werid every restaurant here makes yam fries shed never heard of them. Glad to see you gottem em Memphis. hm with chilpote mayo or curry mayo dipping sauce. I do make the baked yam 'fries' with a fatfree sourcream chilpote dipping sauce not quite the same but still good.

Stingray · 08-26-2008, 01:37 PM

^^I need to try that curry mayo, although might not be very good for a cut.

L!on · 08-26-2008, 01:51 PM

I never liked fries specially fast foods wich are totally fake with potatoe form.

Stingray · 08-26-2008, 01:58 PM

Didn’t Mcdonald’s back in the day spray beef flavor on their French fries to give them that special flavor?

Half Second · 08-27-2008, 03:24 AM

Sweet potato fries sound amazing. I'm a horrible cook, what's the best way to make some baked? Islander I'm gonna have to steal some of your recipes, salmon chowder sounds damn tasty

**Thomas_Rivera** · 08-27-2008, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by gringo220

I don't see to many deep fried foods being good except for a deep fried twinkie..lol

Ahh, come now, most deep fried foods are just fine.

Deep fried chicken, fine, deep fried chicken, fine. Mmm deep fried chicken.

The problem with most foods designed and packaged for deep frying is the fact that they have high fat content already. Frying, done right that is, should add very little to the way of calories from fat.

Oil frying is a dry cooking method. When the food enters the oil, the heat is transfered and the water in the food boils, repelling the oil. The reason why people get greasy, fat filled food is because of a few things.

Too low of a cooking temperature that doesn't allow the food to cook fast enough, letting fat seep in.

Cooking too much food at once, which causes the temperature to drop, basically repeating the aforementioned mistake.

Cooking food for too long, which causes the water to boil out, drying out the food and letting fat in.

Draining food in napkins, which essentially just puts the excess fat on the outside of the food onto the napkin which the food is resting against.

Another thing to watch out for is the smoke point of the oil, if it gets too dark it won't do its job right.

Cooking Oil Smoke Points

**Kaboom** · 08-27-2008, 06:09 AM

Its so much the fat content for me its the cholesterol and other things that most oils contain

Megadork · 08-27-2008, 07:47 AM

Anyone read the new issue of flex? theres a real good aticle in there this month about if fast foods are good or bad even on cheat days. They rekon depending on the meal/sandwhich/burger you get will have different positives and negatives to your training diet. Worth a read.

**gringo220** · 08-27-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomas_Rivera

Ahh, come now, most deep fried foods are just fine.

Deep fried chicken, fine, deep fried chicken, fine. Mmm deep fried chicken.

The problem with most foods designed and packaged for deep frying is the fact that they have high fat content already. Frying, done right that is, should add very little to the way of calories from fat.

Oil frying is a dry cooking method. When the food enters the oil, the heat is transfered and the water in the food boils, repelling the oil. The reason why people get greasy, fat filled food is because of a few things.

Too low of a cooking temperature that doesn't allow the food to cook fast enough, letting fat seep in.

Cooking too much food at once, which causes the temperature to drop, basically repeating the aforementioned mistake.

Cooking food for too long, which causes the water to boil out, drying out the food and letting fat in.

Draining food in napkins, which essentially just puts the excess fat on the outside of the food onto the napkin which the food is resting against.

Another thing to watch out for is the smoke point of the oil, if it gets too dark it won't do its job right.

Cooking Oil Smoke Points

So the twinkies, are they good or bad?lol

Half Second · 08-27-2008, 10:35 AM

^ Let's just go with a "yes, they are good" to avoid feeling guilty, yeah? Yeah.

**mindstar** · 08-27-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Stingray

Didn’t Mcdonald’s back in the day spray beef flavor on their French fries to give them that special flavor?

almost, they fried them in beef tallow. Fish and chips fried in beef tallow is really good, but hard to find.