Why do we need to know which food has how much calories?

Some people say some foods give more enery even in small quantities. Doctors know them but if people also know it it is better so we can calculate how much we eat and how much we are burning.

 

How many calories does carbohydrates, proteins fats have

 

carbohydrates 1 gram = 4 calories

proteins 1 gram = 4 calories

fat 1 gram = 9 calories

fruits, veggies, dumpalu all differ in how many calories it gives

curries also depending on how you cook how much oil you put what all you add etc its calories content changes.

fruits and its calories content

apple  medium size 100 g -  65 calories 

bananas 80 g - 90 cal

grapes 30 - 100 g - 70

gavuva 100 g - 50

panasa 100g - 90

mango 250 - 180 

kamal, batta, naringa 100 - 40,50

pinapple 100 - 50 

sapota 100 15

pucchakaya 100 - 15

fresh veggies

beatroot 1 medium size - 65grams- 30calories

cabbage 250 - 70

carrot 40 - 20

keera 90 12

onion 50 - 25

tomato 50 - 10

Potla, beera, sora 250 - 40-50

so if you take 1/2 kg veggies together it is only 100 calories. It has high vitamins and mineral content yet less calories.

So these are ideal for people to loose weight

cooked food

rice cooked  1 cup 100 g - 110 calories

idli 1 60grams - 75 calories

plain dosa 40 - 125 calories

masala dosa 100 grams - 200 calories

pulka 35 - 80

parota 50 - 150

uppma 1 cup 130 - 200

semiya uppma 80 - 130 

bread slice - 50 - 170 

kichidi 1 cup 100 - 210 

puri 1 small puri 25 gram - 80

big size puri has more calories

 

 

 

dals and sambar

kandi pappu, pesara pappu, plain 1 cup - 140 g - 170 calories

sambar 160 grams - 81 calories

 

curries and veggie fried

gravy curry 130 grams - 130 grams

veggie fry 100 grams = 115 calories

if you take 130 grams of fresh veggies has not even 30 calories. If you cook we add oil, masala etc 100 calories are just for oil itself

 

other appitizer foods

samosa 65 - 210 

aloo bonda 40 grams - 100 calories 

masala vada 20 - 56 

vada 50 - 65 (small one for kids)

hotel vada 50 - 200

perugu vada 80 - 170

vegitable cutlet 30 - 70 

 

chutneys

chutney 1 tbsp - 64 

Roti pacchadlu (beera tomato donda dosakay) 1 tb - 10 calories

 

Non vegetarian items

boiled egg 50 g - 86 calories

egg omlet 65 - 155 calories (has oil that is why)

mutton curry 1 cup 145 - 240 calories

chicken curry 1 cup 124 - 260

fish fry 85 - 220 

mutton or chicken actual 100 grams have- 110 caloriesonly but when we cook because of oil it becomes more calories

 

bakery products

2 biscuits 40 grams - 220 calories

cake 1 small 40 grams - 220

 vegitable puff 60 grams - 170 

people say our kid did not eat anything and still puts on weight, if they eat biscuts cake and vegitable puff they get enough calories and sugar in it gives lot of energy and has many calories.

sweets

laddoo barfie 60 grams - 250 calories

halva 130 grams - 430 calories

sweet metai 105 grams - 280 calories

peanut chakki 2 slice 60 grams - 300 calories 

jam and jelly 1 tbspoon 7 - 20 

conclusion

now we know how many calories food have and how much we are eating so we can calculate how much we eat so we know where we are going wrong.

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