The problem for would-be healthy eaters is that Super Bowl snacks are rarely nutritious. The Super Bowl is one of the biggest calorie fests of the year for many Americans. The average football fan eats about a day’s worth of calories during the game (eek!). Don't let be your annual Super Bowl party be a diet downer. We've pinned some healthy alternatives to the foods you crave HERE on our Pinterest board "Fit Foods." // Scroll all the way down for some "woah!" worthy Super Bowl food facts!
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Super Bowl Facts:
- Americans will eat 80 million avocados on Sunday. That's enough to fill a football field 12 feet deep, according to Men's Health.
- Super Bowl watchers will down 325 million gallons of beer, according to SaveonBrew.com. That's enough beer to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool (which holds 630,000 gallons of water) 1,938 times.
- The National Chicken Council estimates that Americans will eat 1.23 billion chicken wings on Sunday.
- Americans will likely eat 11 million pounds of chips on Sunday, according to Shape.
- Fans will spend $2.37 million on soda this Super Bowl Sunday, according to Shape.
- Dominos will deliver 11 million pizzas on Sunday. A slice from a large Dominos pizza is about 7 inches long. Line those 11 million slices end-to-end and it'd be the length of 21,388 football fields.
- Super Bowl watchers will eat 3.8 million pounds of popcorn, according to Shape.
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