Bagel vs. Donut: What Is the Healthier Breakfast Option?

Bagel vs. Donut: What Is the Healthier Breakfast Option? Bagel vs. Donut: What Is the Healthier Breakfast Option? It’s the great breakfast debate—which is healthier: a bagel or a donut? Immediately when thinking about this, the answer may seem obvious. The bagel, of course. But, the bagel vs. donut battle may be closer than you think. Now before we get started, I just need to preface: both bagels and donuts are delicious and can be included in a healthy and balanced diet. Without a doubt, there are more nutritious breakfast options, but if you enjoy bagels as much as I do and are a sucker for donuts in the office or even just as a sweet treat, they have a place in your diet and do not need to be labeled as forbidden. Bagel vs. Donut: Let’s Debate Bagel Facts Let’s begin with bagels. Bagels are commonly viewed as breakfast items. You can eat them plain, as a sandwich, or classically with a smear of cream cheese. For our comparison, we are just going to look at the average plain bagel. One basic, plain bagel has 277 calories, which is a little higher, but not significantly, than the calories in one glazed doughnut. However, carbohydrate-wise, just one plain bagel comes in with 55 g of carbohydrates—that is approximately the equivalent to 4 slices of bread! But the real shocker about bagels is their very high sodium content. Just one plain bagel can account for a good chunk of your daily recommended intake of sodium with a whopping 443 mg, meaning just a few bagels can take you well beyond your daily intake. Donut Facts On the other hand, donuts are widely known as anything but healthy, and generally, this is true. I mean, there is little nutritional value when it comes to deep-fat-fried dough covered in sugar, not to mention all the added fillings and toppings added to many donuts. Nonetheless, a simple glazed doughnut brings with it 240 calories, 33 g of carbohydrates, and 270 mg of sodium. [Continue Reading]( FOLLOW US: Fight back against censorship of emails like this and never miss an update: [Add us as a Safe Sender]( Triple Naturals 304 S. Jones Blvd #5215, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89107 To update or remove your contact information please [Manage Your Subscription](.