X or Y? no myth.
The questions everyone asks at the store — side by side, with real sourced macros and curiosities from trustworthy sources. The answer is rarely “always this one”; it’s “depends on the plate”.
50 comparisons
- Potato or sweet potato?potatooryellow sweet potato
- White rice or brown rice?white riceorcooked brown rice
- Bread or tapioca?brazilian French rollorsweet cassava starch
- Sugar or honey?refined sugarorhoney
- Potato or cassava?potatoorcassava
- Chicken: breast or thigh?chicken breastorchicken thigh
- Oats or granola?rolled oatsorgranola
- Tuna or salmon?fresh tunaorsalmon
- Whole egg or just the white?chicken eggoregg white
- Olive oil or coconut oil?extra virgin olive oilorvirgin coconut oil
- Beans or lentils?cooked carioca beans (pinto-type)orcooked lentils
- Rice or cauliflower “rice”?white riceorcauliflower
- Kiwi or orange?kiwiororange
- Banana or apple?bananaorapple
- Apple or pear?appleorpear
- Strawberry or blueberry?strawberryorblueberry
- Grapes or raisins?red grapeorraisin
- Orange or orange juice?orangeororange juice
- Mango or papaya?mangoorpapaya
- Pineapple or mango?pineappleormango
- Dates or raisins?medjool dateorraisin
- Almond or cashew?almondorcashew
- Peanut or almond?roasted peanutsoralmond
- Almond or walnut?almondorwalnut
- Brazil nut or almond?brazil nutoralmond
- Chia or flaxseed?chia seedsorgolden flaxseed
- Peanut butter or tahini?natural peanut butterortahini (sesame paste)
- Chickpeas or lentils?cooked chickpeasorcooked lentils
- Black beans or carioca beans?black beansorcooked carioca beans (pinto-type)
- Quinoa or rice?cooked quinoaorcooked brown rice
- Quinoa or couscous?cooked quinoaormoroccan couscous
- Regular white rice or basmati?white riceorbasmati rice
- Salmon or sardines?salmonorsardine (fresh or canned)
- Lean red meat or chicken?knuckle / round beef (lean)orchicken breast
- Shrimp or white fish?shrimporwhite fish steak
- Tofu or chicken?firm tofuorchicken breast
- Turkey or chicken?turkey breastorchicken breast
- Greek yogurt or regular?full-fat greek yogurtorplain yogurt
- Whole or skim milk?whole milkorskim milk
- Kefir or yogurt?kefirorplain yogurt
- Mozzarella or cheddar?mozzarella cheeseorsharp cheddar cheese
- Butter or ghee?salted butterorghee
- Almond milk or oat milk?unsweetened almond milkorunsweetened oat milk
- Cow’s milk or almond milk?whole milkorunsweetened almond milk
- Broccoli or cauliflower?broccoliorcauliflower
- Collard greens or spinach?collard greensorspinach
- Beet or carrot?cooked beetorcarrot
- Brown sugar or white sugar?brown sugarorrefined sugar
- Honey or agave?honeyoragave syrup
- Apple cider or balsamic vinegar?apple cider vinegarorbalsamic vinegar