Weight loss
Calories per volume: why salad fills you up more than cookies
Salad fills you up more than cookies because it contains fewer calories per gram: 100 kcal equals about 670 g of cucumber or about 20 g of cookies.
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Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Ingredients and additives
How to identify an ultra-processed product by its ingredients: five signs and the debate around NOVA
A product falls into NOVA group four if its ingredients include at least one component not found in a home kitchen: protein hydrolysate or isolate, maltodextrin, glucose-fructose syrup, flavoring, or emulsifier.
Calorie counting
How many calories are in an egg: boiled, fried, omelette, white and yolk
A large egg without its shell weighs about 50 g and has 72 kcal.
Calorie counting
How many calories are in oatmeal: with water, with milk and with toppings
A bowl of oatmeal made with water from 50 g of oats is about 190 kcal, and with 3.
Calorie counting
How many calories are in pizza: a slice, a whole pizza, thin and thick crust
A slice of a 35 cm pizza weighs about 110 g and gives roughly 285–315 kcal, and a whole pizza gives 2,270–2,520 kcal.
Calorie counting
How many calories are in syrniki: fried, baked, with different tvorog
The FoodGPT reference card lists syrniki at 218 kcal per 100 g, so a 50 g syrnik is about 110 kcal.
Calorie counting
How many calories are in plov: with lamb, pork and chicken
The FoodGPT reference card lists plov at 188 kcal per 100 g, so a 300 g portion is about 565 kcal.
Calorie counting
How many calories are in varenye: classic, five-minute and lower-sugar
The FoodGPT reference card lists varenye, the Russian whole-fruit preserve, at 271 kcal and 65 g of sugar per 100 g.
Calorie counting
How many calories are in salo: salted, streaky, pork belly
Salo has about 800 kcal per 100 g: the FoodGPT reference card for salted salo lists 816 kcal, and the USDA record for raw pork back fat lists 812.
This article is for general information. It is not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a prescription for treatment or a diet, and it does not replace a consultation with your doctor. If you have a health condition, are pregnant, take medication, or follow a diet prescribed to you, decisions about food belong with your doctor.
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