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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by ildon on Sunday October 01, 2023 @04:46AM (#37724016)
I also live in Europe and also in my experience healthy salads are often an available choice. However, "salads" are often tricky, because the calorie count can go up very fast (eggs, cheese, side bread, crumbles, etc.), while thinking of eating "only a salad"
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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by nomorewords on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:32AM (#37724263)
Eh, when you say a salad in Europe, there's a 90-95% chance that its only dressing is olive oil (and not much of it, just for the texture) and not heavy stuff like ranch or french dressing.
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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by Aerroon on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:13AM (#37724480)
A teaspoon of olive oil is 120 kcal. 3-4 teaspoons is the calorie content of a meal. That's the equivalent of a liter of soda.
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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by oliveoilchugger on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:21AM (#37724509)
A teaspoon is 5ml. At 0.92g/ml and 9kcal/g that would mean about 40kcal per teaspoon.
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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by sgdpk on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:19AM (#37724500)
I think you mean table spoon, which is often enough dressing for one person, in my experience.
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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by Aerroon on Sunday October 01, 2023 @12:15PM (#37727415)
You're right.
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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by nomorewords on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:57AM (#37725500)
Sure, but the rest of the stuff (in what I consider salad base - tomatoes, cucumbers, maybe peppers?) is really small so it doesn't matter. A greek salad has cheese, yeah, that's a high calorie input but you don't eat much of it
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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by bojan on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:25AM (#37724527)
If you buy it in a supermarket, the calorie count is always given on the packaging.
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