#30 - Halloween Candy Review – Ingredients, Health Effects, Fun Facts, Healthy Alternatives

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In Episode 30, we’re talking about the ingredient lists of many popular Halloween candies and why you probably want to avoid most of them. All with a little help from my good buddy, Beetlejuice!   For show notes, YouTube video, transcript, and more, go to Wise-Eats.com/Episode30   Episode Timestamps Wise-Eats.com/Episode30 for show notes, YouTube video, and more! (0:00) It’s a Halloween candy extravaganza featuring Beetlejuice! (0:15) My history with candy, former addiction, and today’s habits (0:30) Halloween candy fun facts (1:30) Parents stealing candy from their kids! (2:00) Negative health effects of candy and ingredients to watch out for (2:15) Going over the ingredient lists of many popular candies (3:00) Listing the worst ingredients found in popular candy (3:00) Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Review (3:15) The problem with chocolate in candy (4:00) Dairy, soy lecithin, PGPR (4:30) Peanuts, Dextrose, Salt, TBHQ (5:30) Citric acid aka GLUTEN (6:30) Snickers Candy Bar Review (6:45) Palm Oil, egg whites, artificial flavors (7:00) Twix Review (8:15) Enriched wheat flour (8:50) Modified corn starch, baking soda (9:15) Butterfinger (9:50) Vegetable oil, annatto color (10:00) Find out why I avoid natural flavors at Wise-Eats.com/NaturalFlavors (10:15) Hershey’s w/ Almonds (10:30) PGPR, chopped almonds, sunflower oil (10:45) Kit Kat (11:15) Vanillin (11:30) Peanut M&M’s (11:45) Cornstarch, Dextrin, Artificial Coloring (12:00) Skittles (12:45) Hydrogenated palm kernel oil (12:50) Sodium citrate, blue lake 1, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, artificial colors (13:20) Carnauba wax (13:50) Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish, Starburst (14:00) Healthy alternatives to candy (14:15) Candy contributes to emotional well-being? (15:00) Be accountable about the things you’re putting in your body and have a Happy Halloween! (15:15) Wise-Eats.com/Episode30 for show notes, YouTube video, pictures, transcript, and more! Beetlejuice Blooper Reel! (16:00)   Website Link: Wise-Eats.com/Episode30 YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/8owBY1bosEU Podcast Webpage: Wise-Eats.com/Podcast Instagram: @weswisefitness E-Mail: wiseeatspodcast@gmail.com Facebook.com/wiseeatspodcast   Recipes Mentioned in This Episode: Coco Cups: Wise-Eats.com/Coco Piledriver Protein Pudding: Wise-Eats.com/Piledriver Frozen Banana Chocolate Pudding: Wise-Eats.com/ProteinPudding Fully Charged Chocolate Protein Smoothie: Wise-Eats.com/FullyCharged Complete Recipe List: Wise-Eats.com/Recipes   Articles/Brands/Products Mentioned in This Episode: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Snickers Kit Kat Twix Butterfinger Peanut M&M’s Skittles Swedish Fish Starburst Sour Patch Kids   Movie Clips Beetlejuice (1988) Jump In De Line (Shake Senora) (Karaoke Instrumental Track) (In the Style of Harry Belafonte) Beetlejuice - Main Title Website Design Thank You: DoeringDesign.com Logo Design Thank You’s: @this_show, MGSignsDesign.com Editing Animations Thank You: Darin Roberts aka Misteredit1 on YouTube   The Wise Eats Podcast is written, filmed, edited, and produced by Wesley Wise, and shared by YOU. Your support is greatly appreciated!   Submit questions, comments, feedback to WiseEatsPodcast@gmail.com or to @weswisefitness on Instagram. Thanks for watching, listening, reviewing, liking, subscribing, and sharing. Be good to yourself, be good to others, and make wise choices!