A 36-year-old member asked:
How can i calculate the number of calories from a nutrition label?
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Dr. Martin Rossmananswered
Holistic Medicine 54 years experience
Read it : A nutrition label has the number of calories per serving along with serving size.
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Dr. Martin Friedanswered
Nutrition 38 years experience
See below: every gram of protein is 4 calories per gram
every gram of carbohydrate or sugars is 4 calories per gram
every gram of fat is 9 calories per gram
add up all the calories from protein, carbs and fat and you have the total
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A 43-year-old member asked:
How to calculate calories from a nutrition label?
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Dr. Khayriyyah Chandleranswered
Family Medicine 16 years experience
Serving size is imp!: Nutrition labels label the calories alone but it's the serving size where things get tricky. For example, if the serving size says 1 cookie and the calories say 120 calories. That's not a good idea however if the 50 berries is about 50 calories that's 1 calorie per berry. But food is much more complicated than that. Take nuta. They are high in calories but very nutritious. Just eat less...
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