Sentences with phrase «more calories per gram»

If your dog has a preference for wet food, it may be prudent to mix some dry food into her meals to decrease the volume of food needed, as dry food includes more calories per gram

Fat is an energy - dense nutrient that provides more calories per gram than either carbohydrate or protein.

If you eat too much and it's a caloric issue, then the problem is you have dietary fats, the problem because there's more calories per gram of fat and carbohydrates are protein.

Well, it stems from the fact that fat inherently has more calories per gram than both protein and carbohydrates combined.

Because your body doesn't break down or absorb fat you won't consume the calories found in fat (there are more calories per gram of fat than calories per gram of carbs or protein).

The avocado, botanically classified as a single - seeded berry, contains more calories per gram than almost any other food, according to the University of California, Los Angeles, botany department.

Fats contain more calories per gram than carbohydrates and protein, which is why supporters of this diet... Continue reading →

Even though fat has more calories per gram compared to protein and carbs, foods that are naturally high in fat are very fulfilling and hard to overeat.

Fat does contain more calories per gram, so it was the logical source to cut down on.

Of course, along with this bit of CW is the idea that a low - fat, fiber rich, whole grain diet can increase health and lead to weight loss, and that since fat has more calories per gram, we should eat less of it to lose weight and more of the lower calorie carbohydrates and protein.

Not exact matches

Currently the FDA claims that the term healthy may be used only for products with 1 gram or less of saturated fat per 40 grams, and no more than 15 percent of calories from saturated fat.

In traditional chocolate milk, there are more than 200 calories per cup as well as 24 grams of sugar and 5 grams of saturated fat.

According to the Associated Press, the tax in Mexico adds 5 percent to the price of food with more than 275 calories per 100 grams and one peso to the cost of a liter of sweet beverages.

With only 24 calories per date (248 per 100 gram serving), dates are high in dietary fiber, carbohydrates, and contain more potassium than bananas!

At 247 calories and 11.6 grams of sugar per cookie, these are definitely more of a dessert than breakfast or snack.

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.

Problems can arise if we eat too much fat — even healthy fat — since dietary fats have more than twice the calories per gram as proteins or carbohydrates.

You should also avoid any foods that have more than 1 gram of trans fat per 100 calories.

For example, while low fat means no more than three grams of fat per serving, it does not necessarily mean low calories.

A goal of just 7 % of total calories is no more than 16 grams per day for most people.

They say having 5 % to 10 % of daily calories from omega - 6 fatty acids, or 12 to 22 grams per day, is safe, and higher intakes «appear to be safe and may be even more beneficial.»

And lest we forget, alcohol itself does contain calories (7 per gram, which is less than fat but more than carbs and protein).

Drinking only one more percent of water per day than you usually do, will consequently result in 8.58 percent less calories consumed during the day, 0.74 grams less sugar, 9.8 milligrams less sodium and 0.88 grams less cholesterol.

Respectively, drinking a whole cup, two or more of water per day will make the above numbers grow, and you will consume even 205 calories less than you usually do (without the extra water), 18 grams less sugar, 235 milligrams less sodium and 21 grams less cholesterol.

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

Since all fats contain 9 calories per gram, your exposure to saturated fat shouldn't» be any more than 13 grams or 3 teaspoons a day.

If one exercises off 500 - 600 calories per day and eat back all your calories plus and eat legumes more, 2 - 3 times per day, plus eat plenty of vegetables, even at only an 11 % protein intake level, you'll be consuming 80 - 100 grams of protein each day.

You would need to cut out a lot of calories from your diet and not eat more than 50 grams of carbs per day.

Now protein has 4 calories per gram, but here's something interesting; digesting protein actually takes more energy than digesting carbs and fat.

According to HelpGuide.org, while all fats (good or bad) contain the same 9 calories per gram, the effects each fat type has on the body can not be any more different.

Since fat is more calorie - dense, at 9 calories per gram compared to 4 calories per gram of protein or carbohydrates, it's important to track both your calorie intake and your macronutrient balance.

According to the Institute of Medicine, children ages 4 to 18 should obtain no more than 30 percent of their daily calorie intake from dietary protein, which is a maximum of 120 grams of protein per day for children consuming 1,600 calories a day.

Fat is an important nutrient but has more than double the calories per gram than carbohydrate and protein.

The largest source of calories in the Japanese diet is fish, with consumption averaging almost half a pound per day.19 If the average fish contains 3 grams of fat per ounce (and many contain more), then the diet will contain about 200 calories or 10 percent of fat from fish.

I routinely get about 85 or more grams per day on roughly a 2000 calorie diet, or about 17 % of my calories (85 * 4 / 2000).

The women who still had normal menstrual cycles had slightly more body fat (15.5 %), the same amount of lean mass, but ate almost 500 more calories a day, and significantly more protein (55 vs 78 grams per day).

For example, glucose — a kind of carbohydrate — has 3.692 calories per gram, while starch has 4.116 calories per gram — about 12 percent more.1

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.

Protein and carbohydrates supply 4 calories per gram, while fat contains 9 calories per gram, making it much more calorie - dense.

All fats, whether it is saturated or unsaturated, provides more than twice as much calories per gram than carbohydrates and protein.

Chaparro said the protein in eggs — about 7 grams per egg — can help control hunger and keep you from taking in more calories throughout the day.

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.

Some of the popular ready to drink shakes are packed with 15 grams or more of sugar, making them more of a recovery drink for an athlete, who is optimal weight and even struggling to consume enough calories per day.

Dry fruits have more calories than raw fruits per 100 grams.

A single serving of more than 400 foods in the Food Scores database contained enough trans fat to exceed the World Health Organization's recommended limit of less than 2 grams per day for an adult who consumed a 2,000 calorie diet, the analysis said.

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

Put simply you need to eat 5 times a day, consume 1.5 to 2 grams of protein per kilogram that you weigh and take in 500 calories per day more than you need to maintain your present weight.

Unlike fat, carbs contain 4 calories per gram (compared to 9 calories per gram for fat) and, like fat, are equally one of the more misunderstood nutrition facts on food labels.

On a very basic level, carbohydrates and protein have 4 calories per gram, while fats have 9 calories per gram, more than twice as much.

Mannitol does not affect blood sugar but has more calories compared to Erythritol - about 1.5 calories per gram.