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| Foods | High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) Commercial | Sep 29 2008 21:38 (UTC) |
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| Thank you tedebear, the thing is those commercials are RIGHT, high fructose corn syrup is no worse for you than regular old syrup. | |||
| Recipes | Low-cal granola? | Sep 24 2008 14:22 (UTC) |
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| i believe you can use apple juice in place of oil, that should cut some calories | |||
| Weight Loss | Saving calories | Sep 23 2008 22:59 (UTC) |
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| i prefer to do it the other way, i will say hey theres a party tonight and go over by the 500 or so calories, then the next few days i will deliberately east under by a few hundred cals to make up for it. Ive been doing this for months, and ive actually lost some weight so it works for me. | |||
| Recipes | looking for lunch ideas | Sep 10 2008 13:29 (UTC) |
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| Thanks guys for all of your ideas; they were really helpful.
I think the thermos idea is a good one, does anyone know where to get a good thermos? |
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| Health & Support | i think i just had my first real binge | Aug 28 2008 22:05 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for all the replies guys!
I will definitely take some of the advise posted here. Eating with friends is a good idea, i can talk a persons ear off so that should slow me down lol. The good news is today I have resisted the urge to binge so far (drinking water really helps). I think i'll try and get in contact with someone who I can talk to about this stuff, i want to get this under control before it becomes a monster. |
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| Foods | Fat in grilled food | Aug 16 2008 15:58 (UTC) |
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| the best way i can think of to quantify the exact amount of fat lost would be to cook the hamburger or whatever in a skillet, save the fat/juice that runs off and let it cool, the fat should harden while the juices should stay liquid, weigh the fat and you have your answer. | |||
| Recipes | those tricky low-cal recipes | Aug 14 2008 14:12 (UTC) |
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| 16 tbsp to a cup 1 tbsp = 3 tsp = 48 tsp to a cup means you need 24 of those tablet things | |||
| Weight Loss | How much fiber do you consume? How can I add fiber, without the calories?? | Jul 23 2008 18:54 (UTC) |
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| Actually the guideline is 14 grams of fiber a day per 1000 calories consumed, the 25+ for women is based on the average number of calories most women need, if your eating about 1500 calories a day then 20 grams of fiber should be your minimum. | |||
| Health & Support | caffeine = fat? | Jul 07 2008 16:59 (UTC) |
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| coffee contains caffine which doesnt harden the arteries, it constricts them temporarily, this can cause a raise in blood pressure which can make a heart attack more likely particularly in people with a heart condition or high blood pressure.
There is some data out there that suggests that something in coffee can negativly affect the elasticity of arteries, the aorta in particular, but there is so much conflicting information that a consensus hasent been reached. |
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| Foods | Calories in medicine? | Jun 27 2008 13:41 (UTC) |
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| cough drops are like hard candy, they have about 15 calories each, tums have 8 calories for 2 pills, some vitamins have 10 calories per pill but it should say on your bottle somewhere (in really small print).
As for cough syrup and other syrups, do not take them unless absolutely necessary, they can contain anywhere from 20 - 30 calories per TWO TEASPOONS, its outrageous, i avoid it whenever possible. |
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| Foods | survey about.. chocolate! | Jun 27 2008 13:33 (UTC) |
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| 1) how often do you eat chocolate?: 4 - 5 tomes a week
2) what's your favorite way to eat chocolate? (on it's own, in baked goods, ice cream, etc): in baked goods or on its own 3) what's your least favorite way to eat chocolate?: in ice cream 4) when was the last time you had chocolate, and what was it?: yesterday, ghiridelli 60% chocolate baking bar. 5) what's your favorite chocolate combination? (ice cream, mint, strawberries, etc): I love mint and chocolate 6) what's your favorite kind of chocolate bar?: at least 60% cocoa 7) what's your least favorite kind of chocolate bar?: probably hershy's milk chocolate. 8) are you craving chocolate right now?: not really 9) what's your favorite kind of baked good that contains chocolate?: chocolate chip cookies, or brownies. 10) do you like dark, white or milk chocolate the best?: definately dark |
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| Recipes | baking survey! | Jun 27 2008 13:30 (UTC) |
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| 1) how often do you bake?: well it used to be about 3 or 4 times a month, but now that its summer and i'm bring baked goods to grad parties its more like twice a week.
2) where/from who did you learn to bake?: I taught myself mostly, some help from books t.v 3) what was the first thing you ever baked?: chocolate chip cookies 4) what was the last thing you baked?: chocolate filled peanut butter cookies, yum. 5) what's your favorite thing to bake?: I like to make cupcakes, but my friends like my chocolate chip cookies best. 6) what was the worst thing you've ever baked?: once I used baking powder instead of baking soda in a cookie recipe, did not turn out well. 7) what's your favorite thing to add to baking? (sprinkles, chocolate chips, dried fruit, nuts): either chocolate chips or frosting, i love to experiment with different frosting flavors. 8) does anyone else in your house bake?: my mother occasionally, but she isnt very good so she usually just lets me do the baking. 9) have you started trying to bake lighter/healhier since joining cc?: nope. 10) what's your favorite way to make a recipe lighter/healthier? (adding nuts instead of chocolate chips, making smaller portions, substituting egg whites for whole eggs, etc): I'm not a fan of making recipes lighter, if i feel like having something healthier i just use a recipe thats naturally that way, like macaroons, or bran muffins. 11) do you/why do you like to bake?: I don't know, its relaxing, and fun, It allows me to be creative. 12) where do you store baked goods after you've baked them? (container, freezer, etc): Either an air tight container or the freezer 13) do others think you bake well?: yes. 14) where do you find your recipes? (cc, cookbook, family, own creation): I enjoy creating my own ideas and recipes, often i will look online or in a cookbook for an idea and then use one of my own recipes. I also use cookbook recipes, but i'm a little wary of online recipes, unless they come from a reliable source like foodnetwork or something. 15) what's something you've never baked before, but would like to?: Apple Strudel, its probably my favorite thing in the world, which is why i havn't baked it, if i learn how to bake it i'll gain like a million pounds. |
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| Foods | Calories in the Speckled, Jumbo jawbreakers? | Jun 23 2008 09:36 (UTC) |
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| jawbreakers are almost pure sugar, weigh it and then multiply the weight by 4 | |||
| Foods | Chickpeas | Jun 20 2008 13:49 (UTC) |
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| gi-jane, is the chicken breast your looking up skinless? | |||
| Weight Loss | Digital scales vs. real ones? | Jun 17 2008 12:16 (UTC) |
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| by the way the doctors office scales may use springs, but its just a large balance. This means that its perfectly accurate, balances, as long as they are calibrated properly, will give you the most accurate weight.
keep in mind that if you usually weigh with clothes off, and depending on the time of day, your weight will be different at the doctors office. |
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| Foods | Dont Laugh | Jun 12 2008 20:30 (UTC) |
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| um yes they do | |||
| The Lounge | I really want a MAC!! | Jun 10 2008 20:37 (UTC) |
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| i just recently got the macbook for college it cost me $999 plus tax, and i got a free printer/scanner and a free 8G ipod touch with it (this deal is going on until september by the way).
At first it was weird getting used to the new computer, but after about a week (and several online tutorials) i have decided i will never again go back to a pc. The one downside is that you do need to get mac specific software, this really isn't an issue at all though unless your into computer gaming. and you can get all the programs like word and excel, or at least an equivalent that allows you to load things saved on Microsoft programs, so you don't even have to switch over any files. |
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| Foods | r coconuts bad for u? | Jun 05 2008 20:41 (UTC) |
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| I puncture the eyes of the coconut and drain the water out, then roast in the oven at 350 until the shell cracks (10-20 min depending on the coconut), then i use a vegetable peeler to remove the brown husk thing. | |||
| Recipes | packed lunch ideas | May 20 2008 22:42 (UTC) |
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| Soup is a great idea, i love soup, and i can make a new one all the time, thank you. | |||
| Recipes | Spinach | May 17 2008 17:03 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for replying, I love the idea of putting spinach in pasta sauce, and putting spinach in a sushi roll. Keep those ideas flowing! | |||
| Foods | are cliff bars and luna bars in the database? | May 11 2008 13:22 (UTC) |
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| thank you | |||
| Foods | salad dressing scoop - how many tbls ?? | Apr 23 2008 00:13 (UTC) |
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| I believe the ladles are 4 tbsp, so you would be having about 6 tbsp of the dressing. For a ful fat balsamic vinegarette thats 330 calories, most low fat dressings would be 240 calories, just straight balsamic vinegar would be anywhere from 60-120 calories. | |||
| Foods | Sugar/water: PLEASE RESPOND | Apr 20 2008 13:59 (UTC) |
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| kind of off topic, but i would like to point out that all suagr is natural sugar, not just the sugar from fruits and vegetables. Sucrose, or table sugar, comes from suagr cane or sugar beets, and believe it or not it takes minimal processesing to be refined to its sugar state, just a few whirls in a centrafuge and some evaporation and its good to go. | |||
| Foods | Omgomgomgomg.... | Apr 10 2008 23:27 (UTC) |
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| there are actually bugs in most foods, all the ones containing some kind of flour anyway.
Let me explain, you ever see those huge machines which cut down the wheat and grind it and everything out in the fields? well those feilds are home to lots of bugs, the machine cuts down the wheat and any bugs that happen to be on it, the machines cant exactly say hey theres a bug here i better not grind it, so the bugs get ground up with the wheat. That isnt to say that theres tons of bugs in flour, there is a screening process which removes many of the bugs, but they cant get everything. And by the way, the way those bugs that get in flour and everything? The eggs are already in the flour. |
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| Foods | Deep-frying | Apr 10 2008 23:15 (UTC) |
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| if done properly not much oil, i regularly make french fries that only take on two tablespoons of oil per 2 pounds fries (yes i measured the starting and ending oils by weight to figure this out). The problem is in order to get to the point where you know exactly how to do it like that your gonna get a lot of oil in your food, and its different for all foods, for example only 2 tbsp in the fries, but i tried it with chicken and completely failed. In other words, with practice deep frying doesnt have to add a lot of oil, but its gonna take a lot of work, and a lot of unnecessary oil in your food to reach that point. |
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| Foods | what if I ONLY consume beer? | Mar 26 2008 23:17 (UTC) |
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| The reason beer makes people gain weight is because alcohol is a poisen, when you injest it your body will do all it can to get it out of you, while your liver is occupied trying to filter all that alcohol from your body it's not doing some of its other jobs, which include filtering through all of the carbs and fat that you digest, the carbs and fat from anything you might be digesting are therefore immediatly stored rather than used causing weight gain.
Alcohol also has 7 calories per gram, so even if your on an empty stomach your still gonna store something. |
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| Foods | carob vs. chocolate chips | Mar 26 2008 23:03 (UTC) |
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| okay cellophane star sorry to pick on you but carob chips are NOT chocolate chips made without dairy products, chocolate made without dairy products is called dark chocolate. In fact carob is not related to chocolate in any way shape or form other than the fact that it can be made into something that looks a little like chocolate, but tastes nothing like it.
for more information go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carob_tree |
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| Foods | What do you think of Olestra? | Mar 22 2008 12:45 (UTC) |
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| Since olestra is a fat substitute it acts like a fat, meaning that fat soluble vitamins like vitamins A, D, E, and K will bind with it. Unfortunately since olestra is not absorbed by the body those vitamins are lost, check out this website for more information
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/heal th_psychology/olestra.htm Personaly I wouldn't touch olestra if you paid me. |
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| Foods | Food Scales | Mar 19 2008 01:20 (UTC) |
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| you can find some pretty good ones at any store that sells kitchen supplies, since many professional baking recipes are by weight rather than by volume almost any reputable kitchen supply store should have scales that will measure to the nearest gram very accurately. | |||
| Health & Support | scary symptoms-please help | Mar 08 2008 13:13 (UTC) |
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| This always happened to a friend of mine whenever he ate chinese, turns out hes alergic to MSG, im willing to bet you are as well. You probably shouldn't eat chinese anymore unless its MSG free. | |||
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