Miami Beach, Florida (January 29, 2007) The "Super Bowl" has become much more than a football game: It’s the second biggest day for food consumption in the United States after Thanksgiving. So, to choose the most splurgeworthy foods, here are the exercise equivalents* for some of your favorite football snacks from Charles Stuart Platkin, JD, MPH, founder of DietDetective.com and author of the just released The Diet Detective’s Count Down (Simon & Schuster, 2007)—7500 foods with their Exercise Equivalents. Keep in mind that we all have a daily caloric budget, so it is only after you use your daily budget that the exercise equivalents kick in.

Eight Potato chips with DIP = biking to the game from your South Beach Hotel It’s about 18 miles to Dolphin Stadium, which is what it would take to burn off the chips and dip. Each chip is 14-15 calories. For each dip of Ruffles French Onion Dip add another 55 to 60 calories. Grand total: 600 calories.

Diet pro: Try a low-calorie dip (2 tablespoons: 44calories) or make your own with nonfat yogurt or mayo.

a few Nachos = 97 minutes BeinG THE TEAM MASCOT Each chip has about 14 calories. Now add cheese, beans and ground beef, and just six nachos are about 569 calories — not to mention the sour cream and guacamole for another 150 calories.

Diet pro: Make the nachos with low-fat cheese and black beans, not refried. Use salsa and baked chips and you’ll be even better off.

TWO handfuls of Chex Mix = 30 MINUTES JUMPING UP AND DOWN AFTER YOUR TEAM SCORES At 280 calories, 1 ounce of this mix is still high in calories even though it’s lower in fat than chips.

Diet pro: Don’t eat it by the handful, or skip it and go for some low-cal microwave popcorn instead. Even better, make it air-popped and use a margarine spray.

Baked Ziti = PLAYING PRO FOOTBALL FOR 39½ MINUTES This is basically pasta with lots of cheese and sauce. It’s the cheese that makes it so high in calories: 420 calories for 6 ounces.

Diet pro: Have it as a meal, not just a snack. Try making it with low-fat mozzarella and lower-calorie sauce.

TW0 PIECES OF FRIED CHICKEN = DOING "THE WAVE” 3,220 TIMES One deep-fried chicken breast and one thigh are about 660 calories.

Diet pro: Make your own chicken with breading. Go skinless and bake it instead of frying.