When the news came out about Domino’s new Specialty Chicken dish, we at Men’s Health decided to do some cold, hard investigative research on the mystery food. (Read: We absolutely see it for ourselves.) Only, when it arrived to our offices, we were disappointed by its lackluster lumpiness. Maybe Domino’s was a little liberal with the description of the dish in its press release as “one of the most creative, innovative menu items” the company ever made.
While we eagerly expected a 12-inch pizza with fried chicken as the new doughy base, what we received was a small, soggy side of chicken nuggets drenched in the normal fare of pizza fixings. Disappointed faces surrounded the table as we anticipated a mind-blowing pizza concoction that ended up looking like lukewarm leftovers.
As for calories, a serving of this chicken dish has between 170 and 230 calories, depending on your topping of choice. However, a "serving" is just four nuggets, and the box contains three servings. So if you eat the full box—12 nuggets—it'll run you between 510 and 690 calories.
All of this made us wonder what’s driving the current surge of seemingly-strange food combinations like Taco Bell’s Waffle Taco, Dunkin’ Donuts Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich, or the infamous KFC Double Down (a chicken sandwich in which the chicken takes the place of the bread)—the one that started it all.
Food concocting—or creating strange mixtures like pretzels covered in mayonnaise and salsa—is actually linked to binge eating behavior as well as intense negative self-perception, found one recent study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “The emotions [the participants] reported after eating strange mixtures were more intensely negative, self-deprecating, and disparaging,” the study authors wrote. Eaters like this also experienced depression, as well as feelings of disgust and guilt.
That’s not to say that splurging on an only-if-you-dare food combination every once in a while will doom you. But making it a habit could impact more than your waistline. Healthy people who ate junk food for 5 consecutive days performed worse on cognitive tests measuring attention, speed, and mood, according to research from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The high amounts of fat and sugar found in junk food could potentially damage the hippocampus, an area of the brain that helps to regulate mood, memory, and signal when you’re hungry or full.
All of this made us wonder what’s driving the current surge of seemingly-strange food combinations like Taco Bell’s Waffle Taco, Dunkin’ Donuts Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich, or the infamous KFC Double Down (a chicken sandwich in which the chicken takes the place of the bread)—the one that started it all.
Food concocting—or creating strange mixtures like pretzels covered in mayonnaise and salsa—is actually linked to binge eating behavior as well as intense negative self-perception, found one recent study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “The emotions [the participants] reported after eating strange mixtures were more intensely negative, self-deprecating, and disparaging,” the study authors wrote. Eaters like this also experienced depression, as well as feelings of disgust and guilt.
That’s not to say that splurging on an only-if-you-dare food combination every once in a while will doom you. But making it a habit could impact more than your waistline. Healthy people who ate junk food for 5 consecutive days performed worse on cognitive tests measuring attention, speed, and mood, according to research from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The high amounts of fat and sugar found in junk food could potentially damage the hippocampus, an area of the brain that helps to regulate mood, memory, and signal when you’re hungry or full.
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