Learning to eat wisely: fruits and berries, calories and nutritional value

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

The problem of a balanced diet is relevant for almost every second inhabitant of the Earth. Nutritionists urge to include as many berries and fruits as possible in your diet to combat excess weight and the diseases that follow it. However, everything is not so simple. It turns out that many gifts of nature should also be eaten with caution. Otherwise, instead of the cherished weight loss, there is a threat to gain new ones.

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Yes, fresh fruits and berries are quite low in calories. But many of them contain sucrose in large quantities. And it is rich in carbohydrates, the very ones that become a serious barrier on the way to losing weight and a he althy lifestyle. For example, grapes, for this reason, are not very suitable for parting with weight. It's too sweet, to put it simply. Or, say, dates. Against their background, other fruits and berries clearly win. Their calorie content is much less. But this is in the background, do not forget! Or another example: we know that pineapple is one of the main productsoverweight nutrition. It helps the body process excess fat. But the overseas fruit contains 48 kcal per 100 grams. Therefore, it is advisable to eat fruits and berries, still counting the calorie content.

Note to housewives

And now, in order:

1. The most "dangerous", as already noted, is the date. In 100 g of fruit, there are no less than 281 kcl. So a handful of the product and something else from the same field can make up not only delicious, but also a full-fledged lunch or dinner.
2. The second and third place is occupied by wild rose. Fresh as much as 101 kcal, and dried even more - 253. A decoction from it is extremely useful, but due to its high calorie content, it is not recommended to put sugar or other sweeteners in it.

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   Fourth place will be given to bananas, they have 91 kcal. Next to them, other fruits and berries have a lower calorie content.

4. Already mentioned grapes - 69 kcal. It is more than 80% water. But since there are quite a lot of carbohydrates, 17.5%, then there are too many calories too.
5. Then one after the other lined up: oriental sweet persimmon (62 kcal), garden ash (58 kcal), figs (56 kcal) and chokeberry (54 kcal). Mulberry, sweet cherry and pomegranate adjoin them: 53 kcal and 52 kcal each.
6. The calorie content of fruits and berries, which we will consider further, is already so small that you can not be afraid to eat them in unlimited quantities. In cherries - 49, in pineapple - 48, in kiwi - 47, in apricots and apples - 46 kcal each, respectively. Because these products arean excellent dessert after main courses or a snack when you feel hungry.

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   The table of calorie content of fruits and berries considered by us above was built on the principle of decreasing. Now let's go from the bottom up. The first place in terms of low-calorie content was taken by cranberries, 28 kcal. The second is sea buckthorn, 30 kcal. And the third is a lemon, 31 kcal. The rest of the gifts of gardens, forests and vegetable gardens exceed them quite slightly. So, 45 kcal in dogwood, 44 kcal each in garden gooseberries and our favorite southern peaches. 43 - in plums, 42 kcal has a pear. 41 - strawberries, raspberries, 40 kcal - in lingonberries, blueberries and black currants. Calorie content of quince, oranges, tangerines, white and red currants, grapefruit, etc. ranges from 39 kcal to 41. Recall that the same grapefruit is also needed in the daily diet in the presence of excess weight. Its bitterness is a great fat burner.

Here it is, the pantry of nature, capable of both feeding your fill and helping you become slim, he althy, beautiful!