Which foods' nutritional values have surprised you?

BlondeViki
BlondeViki Posts: 33 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I admit that before I started on my plan to get healthier, I didn't take much notice of nutritional information. As I began tracking on here i've been really surprised by the reality of some foods' content!

What about you?

My examples would be:

1 - just how much fat is in nuts, particularly brazil nuts (and if that's the plain ones, I dread to think about the choc-coated ones!!)

2 - how much sugar is in some cereals

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  • hastinbe
    hastinbe Posts: 130 Member
    The most shocking for me was ramen noodles. It might be regarded as dorm room food or a poor man's meal but I use to enjoy ramen every once in awhile. What I didn't know was that one brick of noodles is actually 2 servings and totals to 380 calories, 14g fat, 1320mg sodium, and 52g of carbs. Good way to throw off your meal plan for the rest of the day!
  • cuterbee
    cuterbee Posts: 545
    I was really surprised by kumquats. They're so small, so tart, and mostly peel...I figured very few calories. Wrong! I'm better off with a clementine.

    And then, persimmons (which taste really sweet to me) just aren't bad at all; a mere 32 calories.

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