USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13.
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ENERGY IN FOODS
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| 1 g carbohydrate | = 4 kcal |
| 1 g protein | = 4 kcal |
| 1 g fat | = 9 kcal |
| 1 g alcohol | = 7 kcal |
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Some of the Nutrition Facts viewed in the past few minutes: - Noodles, chinese, chow mein
- Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat only, stewed
- WONDERBITES DIPPERS, Flame Broiled Turkey Fajita WONDERBITES DIPPER, product code 2196
- Cucumber, peeled, raw
- Spices, allspice, ground
- Babyfood, apples with ham, strained
- Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, broiled
- Croissants, butter
- Soup, cream of chicken, canned, condensed, commercial
- Apples, raw, without skin
- Chorizo, pork and beef
- Soup, split pea with ham, chunky, reduced fat, reduced sodium, ready-to-serve, single brand
- Bread, cracked-wheat
- Beef, round, eye of round, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/4" fat, select, cooked, roasted
- PIERRE, Cooked Breaded Chicken Breast Strip, product code 1881
- Beef, top sirloin, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled
- THE BUDGET GOURMET LIGHT & HEALTHY Teriyaki Chicken Breast with Oriental Style Vegetables, frozen entree
- Entrees, crab cake
- Soup, chicken noodle, canned, condensed, commercial
- LOUIS RICH, Chicken Breast Classic Baked /Grill (carving board)
The Importance of Nutrition
Our days go by, proceeding in a pattern without presenting ample opportunity for new decisions concerning our nutrition. We tend to choose meals on the spur of the moment, often based on what's easy or available.
If the diet has been previously engineered, there is not ample time to reconsider the routine of daily food preparation or selection.
Each food choice we make during the course of a day will influence health for better or worse. These choices, when repeated over years and decades may have major consequences for overall health.
To maintain a certain level of nutritional savvy, occasionally the strategy of choosing our diet and methods of food preparation should be rethought. Dietary goals should be re-evaluated based on changing tastes and the nutritional knowledge which has been made available by recent studies and current scientific data.
These pages attempt to provide a well rounded sampling of currently available information for those who wish to have sufficient knowledge to be able to make intelligent decisions concerning nutrition on a daily basis, even when time is short.
-- C.M.
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