How many calories are there in different food groups?
An apple has 29 calories and a bag of crisps typically has 181 calories – Why? The answer is due to the food’s composition. Carbohydrates, fat and protein have varying amounts of calories per gram. Carbohydrates have 4 calories per gram. Fat has 9 calories per gram. Protein has 4 calories per gram. Fat has more than double the number of calories per gram than either protein or fat. Therefore foods high in fat will have far higher calorie content. Also calories from fat are more easily stored as fat by the body, than calories from carbohydrates. Restricting the number of calories you consume will help you lose weight, restricting high fat foods will make this calorie reduction even easier. And don’t forget even though alcohol doesn’t contain fat, it’s laced with calories a whopping 7kcals per gram. Add in juices, mixers and other ingredients and the calories really do add up. Alcopops are a source of hidden calories with a typical bottle containing 160 calories. And don’t be fooled into
