o calorie per serving foods-do you track them? and if so how?
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Tatarataa
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I eat a lot of 0 calorie per serving foods like pickles, traditional shirataki noodles, walden farms products etc. and now I heard they can have up to 5 calories per serving so I was wondering whether I should not track them and if so should I track 1 serving as 5 calories? What do you think-does anyone have a similar problem?
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Those foods don't have zero calories.0
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ummm those foods all have calories….
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if you eat one serving only I would not log it, but if your eating many servings of so called ZERO calorie foods, you would have to as they all do add up ... eg you ate say 2 servers of traditional shirataki noodles and a pickle they have calories.0
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Why do you believe they have 0 calories? Noodles are usually made of wheat or rice, both have calorific and nutritional values.0
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Personally, I eat some of them and don't track them, but it's not enough to hinder my results. If my results weren't what I was hoping for I would probably take a look at them and start tracking them. Really, this is one of those things that probably depends on the person and how many of the zero calorie foods you eat.0
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The only reason they have "0" calories is the FDA says that if a "serving" (no matter how small that serving is) is less than 5 calories, they can round down to 0 on the label. So yup, they have calories, and if you're eating a lot of them, you're probably better off logging 5 cals a serve.0
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the only zero calorie "food" is air and water0
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If you eat just one pickle, I might not bother. But you say you eat a lot....you need to log them.
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Track them. They may have important vitamins and minerals etc0
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Track everything that you eat, there's no reason not to. If you have a jar of pickles for example, I'm sure there are some calories listed per serving no matter how few there are. Furthermore, foods like pickles may be very low in calories but they tend to be very high in sodium. I would err on the side of caution if you're trying to loose weight.0
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I track some sauces and spices that say they have zero cals because I watch my sodium because of my kidneys. It helps me figure out for next time what is a good combo and what isnt.0
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It's the point of diminishing returns for me. I don't track things like sugar free gum, diet soda, etc. At max 5 calories per serving, even if I had 20 per day it still wouldn't be a biggie for me
I did recently find an entry for mustard that was by the cup and so it had more calories. This was because I was doing a honey mustard recipe and using large quantities of the stuff. At that point, the calories can really add up!
In short, tracking low calorie items is an individual decision and you'll need to figure out what's best for you and your sanity0 -
It's the point of diminishing returns for me. I don't track things like sugar free gum, diet soda, etc. At max 5 calories per serving, even if I had 20 per day it still wouldn't be a biggie for me
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It's the point of diminishing returns for me. I don't track things like sugar free gum, diet soda, etc. At max 5 calories per serving, even if I had 20 per day it still wouldn't be a biggie for me
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More like, let's figure out my 750 calorie cheeseburgers 370 calorie mini snickers blizzard and 1000 calorie overages. Then we can worry about the 5 calorie gum. It's worked so far
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I track most things but if it's a matter of 10-30kj then I generally don't.
Things like chewing gum or coke zero where you would have to eat a fair bit to get the KJ to add up.
I think both chewing gum and come have like 6kj per serving. Say I drink 2L of coke what's that 50kj, hardly worth tracking, especially since I don't drink 2liters.0 -
I log everything just in case. Plus other things still come into effet like sodium levels and those would still show. I think it's better to do a complete log if you are going to take the time to log at all!0
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Nope I don't log them. I usually end up over 1000 cals under weekly deficit so I don't see the point in logging them.0
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I log everything, including gum.0
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I log any and all drinks except water. I like to see how many non water drinks I'm consuming in case I feel like I should cut back. I never logged gum but I quit chewing it because it just made me hungry quicker. Most definitely pickles. If I log cucumbers, I log pickles. Also lettuce, kale, etc. It all adds up to nutritional value and/or sodium.0
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Many thanks for all your helpful answers!0
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