Sentences with phrase «per calorie cost»

Meat is more expensive than grains or legumes, but it is not more expensive than fruits and vegetables when you look at the per calorie cost.

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In fact, some store bought granola products can cost you around 600 calories per cup!

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.

I'm sure it is delicious, but at 2874 calories and 46 grams of SATURATED fat along with the sodium Per Serving... not to mention the cost of a quart + of EVOO... I won't be trying this recipe.

In fact, some store bought granola products can cost you around 600 calories per cup!

During nursing you will need, at most, an extra 400 to 500 calories daily to produce sufficient milk for your baby, while formula can cost between $ 4 and $ 10 per day, depending upon the brand, type (powdered versus liquid), and amount consumed.

And so fruits and vegetables are widely perceived as being as expensive because you do no get very many calories added to them; and if you are poor and hungry, you are going to want [as] is many calories as possible, even though when you think about it, a potato costs practically nothing per pound and potato chips are 10 times more expensive.

Nestle: Right, but our food system has changed and right now because of farm policies that support the production of cheap ingredients in processed foods, processed foods are much cheaper per calorie than our unprocessed foods and vegetables per calorie; so that if you look at the studies that have been done, if you look at the cost of processed foods, it is a much greater bargain for somebody who is poor to buy junk food than it is to buy foods that are fresh.

The Nutrient Rich Food (NRF) Index scores food based on density of nutrition by gram, per calories, and by cost of each food.

To make a long study short, they say that past comparisons of food costs were flawed because they only looked at price per calorie; whereas, comparing cost per average portion is a better measure in their opinion, and one which, incidentally, shows fruit and vegetables to be cheaper than most moderation (e.g. junk) foods.

But they also find that by reducing sugar by just 100 calories per day per person, the simulation showed growth would be about 2.2 percent in 2035 (about the time when costs for coronary heart disease would be double that of today).

For over a century, the value of food has been measured in cost per calorie.

For a person running at a typical casual runner's pace of 2.5 meters per second (9 km / hr, or 5.6 mph) it can be shown, based on data collected by LG Pugh for the study titled «The influence of wind resistance in running and walking and the mechanical efficiency of work against horizontal or vertical forces,» that the energy cost of air resistance while running on solid ground is roughly 0.84 calories per kilometer (this is equivalent to approximately an extra 1.2 % calorie burn relative to a runner on a treadmill).

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

I love these treats, and I feel good about giving them to Charlie, but at 3.5 calories per treat and $ 11 - $ 14.99 bag, I worry about the costs and the pounds piling up.

Thirty years ago in international agriculture economics I learn this formula: Average per capita income in developing countries divided by cost per calorie of basic food stuffs equals x.

Is anyone surprised that 100 - calorie portions of Chex Mix and Keebler Deluxe Cookies cost three - and - a-half times more per ounce than their regular - size brethern?