Meal Nutritional Planning Tips
Posted on April 21, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
Meal Nutritional Planning Tips
- Calories And Sugar: What Products Can Say
If you are counting calories and seeking sugar-free products, pay attention to the labels. The U.S. government has a sticky finger in the definitions related to sugar and calories on nutrition labels. For a food or beverage to be labeled “sugar free,” it must contain less than 0.5 grams of sugar per serving. To be labeled “reduced sugar,” it must contain at least 25 percent less sugar per serving than the regular version of the same food or beverage. Similarly, a “calorie-free” product must contain less than 5 calories per serving… Continue reading
Read More..>>Counting Calories
Posted on April 2, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets, Weight Loss, health coupons | Leave a Comment
Although most experts agree that moderate consumption of alcohol, specifically red wine, provides a dose of healthy antioxidants, alcohol is not calorie-free; it provides about 7 calories per gram.
If you are counting calories, remember that a 5-ounce glass of wine has about 100 calories. A 12-ounce can of beer (not light beer) contains about 150 calories, and 1.5 ounces (about a shot glass worth) of distilled spirits contains 100 calories.
If you choose to drink alcohol and you are following a weight loss program
