Croissants are better than you think?!

Did the title reel you in?  As you know my stance from my previous post: bread, refined flour are culprits to a burgeoning waist.  If you don't believe me, try it, and you'll see.  But, I recently stumbled upon (I love that they named a site after that very action) an intriguing site that does a cool visualization of caffeine versus calories.  I will paste the link below so you can first finish reading my blog snippet :)

The designer of informationisbeautiful created some attractive aesthetics.  However, the key learning is, if you are watching your waist line - STAY AWAY FROM MUFFINS AND HOT CHOCOLATE.  GO FOR THE CROISSANT.  The croissant is a lower calorie choice than either muffins or hot chocolate.  Croissants have less density than muffins (therefore reduced calories), are made from real butter (although, I don't think the Costco ones are), and have less added sugar than the muffin or the hot chocolate.

I put into practice today what I just wrote.  Unfortunately, the Caribou Coffee shop I was at didn't carry croissants.  :(  I guess I will save the croissant for the next time.  :)

Check it out: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/caffeine-and-calories/