Interesting visual: what does 200 calories look like?

trudijoy
trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
in Food and Nutrition
various foods... not advocating anything here, merely found this fascinating :)

many of you will have seen it, but just in case.....

http://imgur.com/a/w9nHF

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  • CaciaXX
    CaciaXX Posts: 37
    Omg the amount of dried apricots is so small, that sucks I love those things and usually eat a whole bag at once. :(
  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    Omg the amount of dried apricots is so small, that sucks I love those things and usually eat a whole bag at once. :(

    i'd say dried apricots have the same amount of calories as fresh - but you eat a lot more because they don't fill you up the same?

    I love them too....
  • whitelaurel
    whitelaurel Posts: 162 Member
    Omg the amount of dried apricots is so small, that sucks I love those things and usually eat a whole bag at once. :(

    i'd say dried apricots have the same amount of calories as fresh - but you eat a lot more because they don't fill you up the same?

    I love them too....

    It's the same with most all dried fruit--I LOVE dried fruit... Especially mangoes and raisins and cherries and... Oh my word, dried fruit. But yeah, once you suck all of the water out of fruit, it takes up way less space. You could eat 10x more fruit and feel the same amount full, and you can put so much more in your mouth and chew. ;) Also, they add sugar and all sorts of fun stuff to dried fruit as far as I know, unless you're buying... All-natural organic raw or something. :) Or doing it yourself at home.
  • CaciaXX
    CaciaXX Posts: 37
    Yeah exactly Laurel, I eat them one after the other like candy when they're dried, but I wouldn't eat 10 or 20 fresh apricots all at once.
    Fresh apricots and other stone fruits are in season here anyway so I've been buying them instead.

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