11/19/2025
After discussing “diet” bagels at the gym today (that happens to be right across the street), I had to finally try it for myself even though it took almost 13 years of living here and going into this bagel place hundreds of times. I even like to ask the guys at the front what distinguishes a diet bagel from a regular bagel just for fun sometimes.
My thoughts? If it’s looks like a bagel and tastes like a bagel, it’s probably a bagel. I really dislike the words “diet” and “slim” when it comes to food. I’m a survivor of the hard core low-fat/fat-free diet era when as long as it was fat-free (like a bagel), you could eat as much of it as you want. Now a bagel is one of those high carb “scary” foods that we have to label into categories like “diet” or “slim”. No wonder we are so fcked up when it comes to food. Can’t we just enjoy a bagel sometimes? I’d love to have these analyzed and compared to the “regular” bagels. For those that have tried these, what do you guys think? Do you really think they taste much different or have a significantly different nutrient profile? Let’s hash it out.
