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Calories
 Why
count calories?
The energy value of food is counted in calories.
If you eat food which has too many calories, your
body cannot use all the energy it gives. This is
then stored as fat. |
| Items |
Calories |
| Bread, Cakes and Biscuits |
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| Bread-brown and white: |
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medium slice, large loaf
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80 |
| Cakes- Vary according to type: |
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medium slice 2 oz.
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200-350 |
| Biscuit: |
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plain biscuit
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60 |
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sweet biscuit
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80 |
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| Cereals |
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| Cornflakes - 2 oz (plain) |
215 |
| Porridge oats - 2 oz (plain) |
220 |
| Flour 1 oz |
100 |
| Rice - boiled, cupful
(4 oz) |
140 |
| Spaghetti - 4 oz |
115 |
| Spaghetti canned with tomato sauce - 4
oz |
70 |
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| Dairy Products |
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| Cheese |
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| Cottage 2 oz |
60 |
| Cream 2 oz |
465 |
| Stilton 2 oz |
270 |
| Cream - double - 2 tablespoons |
120 |
| single - 2 tablespoons |
60 |
| Eggs - boiled or poached (1) |
80 |
| fried (1) |
130 |
| Milk - fresh, whole - 1/2 pint |
190 |
| evaporated - 2 tablespoons |
45 |
| low fat, skimmed powder - 1 oz |
90 |
| condensed, sweetened - 1 fl.oz |
100 |
| Yoghourt |
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| fruit, small carton - 5 fl.oz |
120 |
| plain, low-fat |
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| small carton - 5 fl.oz |
75 |
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| Drinks |
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| Tea and Coffee |
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| cup, black, no sugar |
None |
| cup with milk |
20 |
| cup with milk and |
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| 2 teaspoons of sugar |
95 |
| Apple juice |
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| unsweetened, small glass |
60 |
| Cola - can |
125 |
| Lemon squash, concentrated - 1 fl.oz |
30 |
| Lemonade, aerated - 1/2 pint |
60 |
| Lime juice cordial - 1 fl.oz |
30 |
| Orange juice |
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| unsweetened, small glass |
60 |
| squash - 1 fi. oz |
35 |
| water |
None |
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