Sentences with phrase «fewer calories per gram»

They typically contain fewer calories per gram than sugar and do not cause tooth decay.

Energy density (ED) was calculated as available energy divided by the weight (kilocalories per gram) of foods served.14, 15 Foods with a lower ED provide fewer calories per gram than foods higher in ED.

Since the updated meal standards were implemented, students of all ages are choosing lunches higher in nutritional quality with fewer calories per gram and consuming more fruits and larger portions of their entrees and vegetables.

Not exact matches

VeganEgg is non GMO, has four grams of fiber per serving, and has fewer calories and fat than eggs.

Chile peppers contain only a few calories (thirty - seven per 100 grams of green chile, about three and a half ounces), and possibly have the ability to burn off those calories and others as well.

Despite the study labeling the group that ate 6 % of their total daily calorie consumption from protein, a «low - protein» group, and the diet containing a lot fewer protein than the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance), — averaging at 0.7 grams per kilo of bodyweight (adults» RDA is 0.8 grams per kilogram of bodyweight)-- the total of daily protein consumption, averaging at 48 grams a day, was slightly less than CDC recommendation for men, which is just 55 grams of protein a day and the value for women is even smaller, just 45 grams.

The fat - free Greek yogurt is easily one of the best foods you can consume for breakfast or snacks, having in mind that it contains 17 grams of protein per serving, and very few calories.

The Greek - salad staple is a healthier bet, though: It has about 4 grams of saturated fat per serving, compared with 7 grams in goat cheese, and around 15 fewer calories per ounce.

Egg whites contain fewer than 20 calories per egg, but still supply more than five grams of protein.

Well, firstly MCTs contain fewer calories than regular fat molecules — around 1 kcal less per gram.

In contrast, therapeutic ketogenic diets used for epilepsy or as experimental cancer therapy often restrict carbs to fewer than 5 % of calories or fewer than 15 grams per day to further drive up ketone levels (9, 10).

It's typical to choose a supplement containing no more than 200 calories, less than 5 grams of fat and fewer than 20 grams of carbs per 8 - ounce serving.

MCTs provide about ten percent fewer calories than LCTs — 8.3 calories per gram for MCTs versus 9 calories per gram for LCTs.

While there are fewer grams of fat in the steak, fat is much more calorie dense and comes to 9 calories per gram whereas protein sits at 4 calories per gram.

Whole - wheat flour also has about 50 fewer calories and 3 more grams of protein per cup than white flour.

For instance, a vegetarian or vegan could not get enough protein on so few calories - for instance, beans and rice at two cups has 440 calories and yields 20 grams of protein - I need about 72 grams a day if you go by 1 gram per kilogram.

Resistant starch has fewer calories than regular starch (2 vs 4 calories per gram).

However the body is unable to fully metabolize them, and consequently they tend to have fewer available calories per gram.

This means consuming fewer than 140 grams of carbohydrates per day for a 1,600 - calorie diet and less than 105 grams of carbs per day for a 1,200 - calorie weight loss diet.

You can improve blood sugar (glucose) levels by following a meal plan that has: • Fewer calories • An even amount of carbohydrates (30 - 45 grams per meal) • Healthy monounsaturated fats Examples of foods that are high in monounsaturated fats include peanut or almond butter, almonds, and walnuts.

Wilma, The point regarding calories and protein is that, while some vegetables are considered high in protein (e.g. spinach and broccoli) because close to a quarter of their calories come from protein, what really matters for health is getting an adequate amount of protein (42 grams per day as noted in Dr. Greger's piece) and since most vegetables have so few calories, a quarter of the calories from of protein still doesn't add up to much.

Blackberries, which contain only 62 calories and less than 1 gram of fat per cup, are excellent sources of a few key nutrients.

According to veterinary nutritionists, a low fat dog food contains fewer than 25 grams of fat per 1,000 calories.

The American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that adults get no more than 7 percent of their daily calories from the fat; for someone who eats 2,000 calories a day, that translates into fewer than 16 grams of saturated fat per day.