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Category: Calories in Food

Do you use a food-tracking app?
  • Calories in Food

Do you use a food-tracking app?

  • Posted on February 8, 2019February 7, 2019
  • by Lindsay Moyer

Here’s our 10-step guide to food trackers…plus pros and cons of MyFitnessPal, Lose It!, and others. How many calories did you eat today? Are you getting enough calcium? Keeping a…

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Which alcohol packs the most…and least…calories
  • Calories in Food

Which alcohol packs the most…and least…calories

  • Posted on December 11, 2017December 8, 2017
  • by Lindsay Moyer

If you’re going to order a drink with dinner, which does less damage: wine, beer, or a cocktail? Any alcohol is empty calories. But wine or beer beats a cocktail…

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Should you order a salad or a bowl?

  • Posted on March 3, 2017
  • by Leah Ettman

Salads get an upgrade “Order a salad.” That’s the standard “what to get at a restaurant” advice if you’re trying to eat healthier. But some restaurant salads turn out to be…

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Are "lighter" menus and mini desserts too good to be true?

  • Posted on February 17, 2017
  • by Leah Ettman

“Lighter” menus get an upgrade Many chains offer just five or six “lighter” entrées. But a handful have more.  Here’s a few worth trying to keep calories in check without…

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Are grass-fed burgers and veggie sandwiches lower in calories?

  • Posted on January 30, 2017
  • by David Schardt

“When we started Chili’s, people called us the hamburger hippies,” says the television ad. “Maybe the name still fits—100% grass-fed beef. New on any of our hand-crafted all-natural burgers.” You…

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Which alcoholic beverages have the most calories?

  • Posted on January 16, 2017
  • by Lindsay Moyer

How many calories in that mug of beer, glass of wine, or shot glass? It can be a guessing game. Labels for most beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages aren’t…

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The surprising extra calories people eat after too little sleep

  • Posted on November 7, 2016
  • by David Schardt

How about an extra big brownie or hot fudge sundae every day? That’s the equivalent of the extra food people eat after getting too little sleep the night before, a…

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Which liquors and mixed drinks have the most calories?

  • Posted on August 19, 2016
  • by David Schardt

It wasn’t until 1902 when scientists learned that alcohol has calories. Lots of them. In that year, the “father” of American nutrition science, Wilbur Atwater, announced after meticulous experiments that…

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Which beers and wines have the most calories?

  • Posted on August 15, 2016
  • by David Schardt

Alcohol has calories. Lots of them. We didn’t know that until 1902, when the “father” of American nutrition science, Wilbur Atwater, announced after meticulous experiments that alcohol has 7 calories per…

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An Ice Cream Sandwich Equivalent to One and a Half Pints of Ice Cream?

  • Posted on June 3, 2016
  • by David Schardt

Legend has it that the ice cream sandwich was invented in 1899 by a pushcart peddler on New York City’s Lower East Side. It consisted of a layer of vanilla…

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