How many calories does the following food items have?

1) a glass of home made orange juice with artificial sweeteners(one small tablet)


2) a plate of salad consisting of cabbage,onion,grapes,pomegranate,apple,beans,carrot, reddish, cauliflower and capsicum and black pepper

Replies

  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Feel free to use the wonderful food database this website supplies

    only you can work this out. :flowerforyou:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts
  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    That is what this FREE site is built for.. not what the forum is built for :)

    Use the database like the other poster said. Good Luck!
  • kristy6ward
    kristy6ward Posts: 332 Member
    Is your glass 8 oz? or larger? How much salad and various items are on your plate? was it a salad plate or a dinner plate? These things make a difference. To find the proper amount of calories you're going to have to weigh or at least measure each item and log them individually.
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    None, lettuce and orange are negative calorie foods.
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    None, lettuce and orange are negative calorie foods.

    And that is why you will never see a fat rabbit... erm... then again...

    :wink: :wink: :wink:
  • BHetrick
    BHetrick Posts: 26 Member
    None, lettuce and orange are negative calorie foods.

    And that is why you will never see a fat rabbit... erm... then again...

    :wink: :wink: :wink:


    My big girl Nessa disagrees. :laugh: :laugh:

    88cf7f63.jpg
  • When I have a salad I get my plate on the scales and watch the amounts as I add the ingredients then just add individually to my diary - like today I have had 60g lettuce, 1 tomato, 60g tuna, 15g light salad cream - very low on calories but it's the only way you are really going to do it and if it's something you have regulalry it will get saved.

    As for your orange juice, again you should be able to search for juice of orange or something similar
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    i know its a pain in the *kitten* but if you enter everything seperately once then you can save it as a meal and use it again.
  • How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Am I the only one wondering why you'd need to put sweetener in orange juice?
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    None, lettuce and orange are negative calorie foods.

    And that is why you will never see a fat rabbit... erm... then again...

    :wink: :wink: :wink:


    My big girl Nessa disagrees. :laugh: :laugh:

    88cf7f63.jpg


    hahaha this should warn us all about the dangers of underestimating on lettuce and carrots :D
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?

    No such thing as a negative calorie food.
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    .
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    No such thing as a negative calorie food.

    QFT

    The only way to know what calories are in your food is to weigh it and input the info using the MFP database. Simple! :smile:

    ...and negative calorie food is a myth (which is why bunnies don't starve)
  • hdjjones
    hdjjones Posts: 130 Member
    How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?

    :smile: I am sure that was a "tongue in cheek" comment. Yes, there are a few calories in salad.
  • Denjo060
    Denjo060 Posts: 1,008
    How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?







    I think they were being sarcastic as usual
  • evdenapoli
    evdenapoli Posts: 164 Member
    1) a glass of home made orange juice with artificial sweeteners(one small tablet)


    2) a plate of salad consisting of cabbage,onion,grapes,pomegranate,apple,beans,carrot, reddish, cauliflower and capsicum and black pepper

    You can use the Recipes calculator ..it does it all for you.
  • twelfty
    twelfty Posts: 576 Member
    None, lettuce and orange are negative calorie foods.

    what a load of rubbish?! orange juice has natural sugar in it?! jesus christ.......
  • mariannekehl
    mariannekehl Posts: 66 Member
    Am I the only one wondering why you'd need to put sweetener in orange juice?

    No, you are not - I was wondering the same thing. :noway:
  • How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?

    No such thing as a negative calorie food.

    actually there is...per se. Every food item has calories but as you know our body naturally burns calories on a daily basis. With low calorie foods like lettuce, cucumbers, celery....the amount of energy it takes to chew and digest the food, turns it into a "negative" calorie. It takes more energy to burn said food then the calories in the food itself....
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?

    No such thing as a negative calorie food.

    actually there is...per se. Every food item has calories but as you know our body naturally burns calories on a daily basis. With low calorie foods like lettuce, cucumbers, celery....the amount of energy it takes to chew and digest the food, turns it into a "negative" calorie. It takes more energy to burn said food then the calories in the food itself....

    NO NO Just NO

    Calories wasted in extracting nutrients are already considered in calculating the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). TEF usually wastes about 10% of calories, but for some foods, the TEF can reach 20%. Still, that means a 10-calorie stalk of celery wastes 2 calories to deliver 8.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?

    No such thing as a negative calorie food.

    actually there is...per se. Every food item has calories but as you know our body naturally burns calories on a daily basis. With low calorie foods like lettuce, cucumbers, celery....the amount of energy it takes to chew and digest the food, turns it into a "negative" calorie. It takes more energy to burn said food then the calories in the food itself....

    NO NO Just NO

    Calories wasted in extracting nutrients are already considered in calculating the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). TEF usually wastes about 10% of calories, but for some foods, the TEF can reach 20%. Still, that means a 10-calorie stalk of celery wastes 2 calories to deliver 8.

    this. science. it's a wonderful thing.
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?

    No such thing as a negative calorie food.

    actually there is...per se. Every food item has calories but as you know our body naturally burns calories on a daily basis. With low calorie foods like lettuce, cucumbers, celery....the amount of energy it takes to chew and digest the food, turns it into a "negative" calorie. It takes more energy to burn said food then the calories in the food itself....

    No. No. No.
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    How is lettuce a negative calorie food - I just had some today and added to my diary and it said it had calories?

    No such thing as a negative calorie food.

    actually there is...per se. Every food item has calories but as you know our body naturally burns calories on a daily basis. With low calorie foods like lettuce, cucumbers, celery....the amount of energy it takes to chew and digest the food, turns it into a "negative" calorie. It takes more energy to burn said food then the calories in the food itself....

    NO NO Just NO

    Calories wasted in extracting nutrients are already considered in calculating the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). TEF usually wastes about 10% of calories, but for some foods, the TEF can reach 20%. Still, that means a 10-calorie stalk of celery wastes 2 calories to deliver 8.

    :flowerforyou: A flower for you for putting it so eloquently (when all I could respond with was "No!").