A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

Supersized marshmallows. So why are we getting so fat?

Seattle Plastic Surgeon is shocked, shocked! at the size of these marshmallows.

As a plastic surgeon, I am often asked what I think is causing the obesity epidemic.  I’m not an epidemiologist or an endocrinologist but I  am a mom who shops for her family and I think I know the answer.

Last weekend, I was shopping for our Fourth of July celebration and the makings for S’Mores was on my list.  The grocery store had a nice display of everything one needs for these tasty campfire treats including these gigantic marshmallows.  I estimate they are four times the size of a “normal” marshmallow.  Yikes!  What is next?  Graham crackers and chocolate bars the size of an ipad?

One of my sons thought these supersized marshmallows were great until he roasted one.  Due to the decrease in surface area/size of these monsters, the inside does not get gooey enough unless the outside is over-roasted.  This makes for an unsatisfactory S’More that is too thick to fit into even the largest mouth.

So we’re giving a thumbs down to the supersized marshmallows and hopefully to the expanding waistline.  It’s easy for my growing, active kids to burn up the calories from all of our oversized food.  But for those of us of a certain age, it would take 12 minutes on the rowing machine to burn off one of these sugar bombs.

Thanks for reading.  Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder

 

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