Nutrition Facts Here's some factual information for your dietary curiosity. First and foremost I promote reading and analyzing food labels! Single serving = bullshit (unless you're really obedient or determined). As a habit it is customary to exceed the set serving "limit." Judge on how much you're actually going to eat (break out the calculator baby - but keep in mind, this tool is not always necessary). =) Remember...these values are close estimates and not completely acccurate. The same goes for all food labels. Let's begin with the all popular baked product, Saltine Crackers. I recommend the fat free, low sodium crackers. Amount: 1 Cracker Kilocalories:
12
Calorie Breakdown: Calorie: A unit of energy. The amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Farenheit). In relation to food however we do not use the unit in its small state. Instead Kilocalories (kcal) is used. In reference to exercise and burning calories, the same state of the unit is used. Fun Fact!: 1,000 calories = 1 kilocalorie Carbohydrates, protein, fat, and (less often) alcohol make up a calorie. 1
g Carbohydrates = 4 kcal In our example of the cracker only the carbohydrates contribute to the caloric makeup (4 x 3 = 12). The calories are burned during metabolic processes where enzymes break the carbohydrates into glucose and other sugars, protein into amino acids, and fats into gylcerol and fatty acid. They are then transported to cells to be asorbed and immediately used or embark the final process of metabolism, are stored and later released for energy. The average amount of kilocalories a person needs to eat in a day is 2,000. As for vitamins and minerals, we have the RDA (Recommended Dietary/Daily Allowances, for the US):
That's all for now but the obsession continues. . .
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