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Calorie counting made easy:
break portions into 100-calorie servings
March 16, 2005
Calories are the most common unit of measure when
it comes to dieting, and the one of the easiest way
to keep track of how many calories you’re eating
is to break your foods into 100-calorie portions. There
are a number of books and online tools to find out how
much of your favorite foods constitutes 100 calories.
The amount of movement needed to burn off 100 calories
is also a great way to think about your daily exercise
routine.
News summary:
- One way to keep tabs on the calories you eat each
day is to think of foods in 100-calorie portions.
- Doing so also will help keep portions in line.
- Here are 100-calorie portions of a variety of foods
to get you started.
- Calories may have been rounded up or down slightly
to make natural portions.
- Some servings may logically be composed of two 100-calorie
portions, as with a boneless skinless chicken breast
or a hamburger.
- Calorie calculators are available in books and online.
- The number of calories you'll burn during exercise
will depend on both your size and your sex.
- Men, who are larger and have more muscle, burn more
calories than smaller, less muscular women.
- Get plenty of aerobic exercise, but do a little
weight-lifting, too: Weight-training builds muscle,
which raises metabolic rates.
- The second number is how many minutes a 155-pound
man must exercise to burn 100 calories.
- A calorie is the amount of heat needed to raise
the temperature of a gram of water by one degree Celsius.
- Not many people worry about this measure of energy.
- To confuse matters, a dietary calorie is technically
a kilocalorie (kC), because it measures how much heat
is needed to raise a kilogram of water by one degree
Celsius.
- Vitamins are organic compounds needed in small amounts
for good health, but which the body can't manufacture
itself.
- Minerals are inorganic compounds found in food needed
in small amounts for good health.
- Four vitamins are fat-soluble (carried only in fat):
vitamins A, D, E and K. Nine are water-soluble: vitamin
C and the eight B vitamins (thiamine or B1; riboflavin
or B2; niacin; pantothenic acid or B5; pyridoxine
or B6; B12; biotin and folate or folic acid).
Source:www.newstarget.com
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