Putting aside the serving suggestions, which are pretty similar, and the cooking suggestions which are virtually identical, let's look at the nutrition content 6/
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Here's a quick spreadsheet I made of the two recipes, side-by-side. I took these values from generic products of each of these ingredients on the internet 7/pic.twitter.com/hrTNVPcUMh
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How do the healthy pancakes stack up? Well, they do better in fibre/serve and sugar/serve (by a tiny bit) 8/pic.twitter.com/dVKS3eEmxT
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But, the 'unhealthy' pancakes are actually less fatty and have quite a lot less calories (~25%) 9/pic.twitter.com/njKVgw8EXO
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What does this mean? Basically, that there's no such thing as healthy pancakes 10/
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You might be eating ~slightly~ more fibre if you cook the 'healthy' recipe, but you're also getting far more calories per pancake 11/
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(Yes, I know serving size differs based on how you make the pancakes, but I'm going by the reported serving size. The pancake/batter ratio of both recipes is pretty similar) 12/
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Replacing 'unhealthy' things like caster sugar with 'healthy' things like maple syrup and bananas makes very little difference in your pancake experience 13/
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As someone once told me: eating raisin muffins is a total crock. Even if you aren't getting as much chocolate, what you're eating is still mostly muffin 14/
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It turns out that this is true for 90% of the 'wellness' crap that you'll see. Replacing sugar with agave nectar is pointless because AGAVE NECTAR IS SUGAR 15/
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For someone trying to lose weight, the unhealthy pancakes might actually be better because you're getting 25% less calories in the same portion size 16/
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That's not a definite truth, but it's not unlikely. Either way, the recipes are pretty damn similar in terms of nutrition 17/
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