it's not all about the calories - diet cake

It is not only about how many calories a food has. Just because it is low in calories and even if it only has a couple ingredients, that does not guarantee a healthy food. 

Have you seen these recipes lately?

The ones that say:

Just 2 Ingredients!

Under 100 calories per serving!

So maybe we don't need to eat a dessert of 800 calories. And cutting down on dessert excess is not a bad thing. But given the choice...

Diet Cake ingredients list:

Cake

Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oils, Propylene Glycol Mono- and Diesters Of Fats, Mono- and Diglycerides, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Soy Lecithin), Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate). Contains 2% Or Less Of: Wheat Starch, Emulsifier (Propylene Glycol Monoand Diesters Of Fats and Fatty Acids, Mono- and Diglyceriedes, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid To Protect Flavor), Salt, Dextrose, Cornstarch, Artificial Flavors, Butter Acids and Esters [Milk], Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum.

Diet SodaCarbonated Water, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Potassium Citrate, Potassium Benzoate (Preservative), Calcium Disodium EDTA (to Protect Flavor),Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose 

Strawberries 

VS

Chocolate Souffle Ingredients:

butter, sugar, eggs, chocolate, salt, cream of tartar

...I'll take the 800 (ok maybe closer to 500) calories once in a while for the 30+ ingredients list.

To learn more about what calories really are, check out 

Nutrition Basics - Calories