Find out about the calories in salmon

We have just put up a page covering the calories in salmon. On the page we have provided examples using the various different types of salmon that you can buy. These are:

• Atlantic
• Sockeye / red salmon
• Chinook / king salmon
• Keta / chum salmon
• Silver / coho salmon
• Pink / humpy salmon

We have covered the many ways that you will eat your salmon as well, smoked, baked, and even information on the calories in raw salmon.

Besides covering the calorific values of what is an incredibly popular seafood, we also highlight what the nutritional benefits of salmon are, as this is a fish that is a fantastic source of protein, as well as the minerals selenium and phosphorus.

Check out the latest page of the website via the following link:

http://www.calories-in-foods.com/calories-in-salmon.php

We are going to be making a specific seafood section in the coming month in order to cover a wide range of fish and shellfish, showing the calories they contain and the nutritional benefits that they can bring to your diet.

You can always leave your feedback on the page/site here on the blog.

 

Why should you eat carrots?

Ask anyone to name their favorite vegetable, and I guarantee you that a large proportion of the answers will be the carrot. The bright orange vegetable is one that is even promoted by celebrities, well if you can call Bugs Bunny a celebrity that is.  The main reason that a food is favored by anybody is the fact that it tastes good, hence why so many millions of people eat nothing by junk food these days. However, other reasons include the nutritional benefits that can be obtained from eating a food. Lets look at some of the main features of the carrot:

Number of calories in carrots:

In a large raw carrot weighing 2 oz there are just 32 calories

The three main nutritional benefits of carrots:

1. Vitamin A - You are going to be aiding the health and longevity of your vision by getting enough vitamin A. In just 100 grams of carrot you can get 835 milligrams of vitamin A, which is over the entire total that your diet requires in a day. So carrots are one of the best sources of vitamin A that you are going to come across.

2. Vitamin K - Another important vitamin that you need for a variety of reasons, these include to ensure your ability to absorb other nutrients, and to help blood to clot when needed. You can get a massive 13.2 micrograms of vitamin K in 100 grams of carrot, that is 16% of the total you should be eating in a day.

3. Vitamin C - You are able to get a brilliant dose of vitamin C through eating carrots. In fact just 100 grams of carrot will provide you with 10% of the total required in a day, equating to 5.9 milligrams. What an easy way to contribute to an critical vitamin that helps to keep your immune system strong, eating an incredibly tasty carrot!

High in fiber and water, and low in fat, what more can you want from a food that genuinely tastes fantastic?

There are many more vitamins, and also minerals that the carrot contains, and this makes it a very effective contributor to the nutrient levels in your body.

Eating foods that taste great such as the carrot, really is the simplest of way to keep yourself healthy and to avoid any nutritional deficiencies.

If you would like to learn more about carrot calories and the various other nutrients that the carrots contain, please visit the following page of my website:


http://www.calories-in-foods.com/calories-in-carrots.php

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A lot of hard work has gone into the site over the past month in order to increase the number of foods and beverages that we have covered. We now have in excess of 100 pages crammed with not only information on calories in foods, but also the nutritional values that come with them as well.

We are aiming to build upon this in the coming weeks and months in order to make the site as simple and informative as possible.

We are also trying to focus on this blog to make it as topical and interesting as possible for people who are interested in the subject of calories, diet and weight loss.

If you are happening to have a quick read of this why not submit a comment and let us know what you think of the site and what you would like to see on there?

Wimbledon has arrived, and that means strawberries!

Unfortunately this year I am not going to be able to make it to the Wimbeldon tennis championships, which is a real shame as this is usually the highlight of the sporting calender for me. However, that does not mean that I can't enjoy all of the action from SW19 from the comfort of my living room while I am working on my laptop. One other thing that I would also have been enjoying there, along with the glut of top class tennis, is some strawberries!

Strawberries are without a doubt my favorite fruit, and it is a shame that they only pop up in England for a few months over the summer, and then seem to disappear for months on end. They are one of few foods that I can literally taste with my eyes, and even looking at pictures of them online makes me hungry! At Wimbledon they go through a horrendous amount of strawberries,  some 35 tonnes I believe, over the two weeks that the tournament is on. That and a hell of a lot of cream to go with them too, as this tasty combination are synonymous with Britain's biggest annual sporting event.

In a 5 oz cup of strawberries there are some 45 calories, which isn't a lot, but then when you go adding cream or sugar to them, that tasty treat becomes bulging with calories. Just one tablespoon of sugar to go on your 5 oz portion has another 45 calories in, and in a serving of fresh double cream there are several hundred calories. So unless you like your strawberries on their own, you could be exceeding 400 calories!

Fortunately I don't do cream, and I will have to limit the sugar to a teaspoon, which itself is 16 calories. So 60 calories a couple of times over the two weeks will just have to be a treat, or currently a replacement, for the beer consumed while the European football championships were on. I think once the summer of sport is over I will need to be getting back on that exercise bike.

To find out about strawberry nutrition facts and calories check out my page devoted to the sumptuous fruit on my websites.

Is cantaloupe fattening?

Having discovered the wonderful fruit that is the cantaloupe for the very first time a few months ago, I have been wondering whether this delicious melon-type example is too good to be true. I have checked out it's nutritional benefits, the number of calories in cantaloupe, whether it has any common side effects or irritations, and I am unable to find a chink in it's armor. One of the things that looked up first was whether cantaloupe is fattening.

It is common knowledge that fruits and vegetables are the the best examples of nutritious foods that we are ever likely to come across, and with the cantaloupe fitting into this bracket, there is a whole list of nutritional benefits that promote it's goodness. But how about the fat content, is the cantaloupe fattening at all?

Well the answer is no, plain and simple.

In a 3.5 ounce serving of cantaloupe there is less than 0.2 grams of fat, which is literally nothing. There are also just 35 calories in the same size serving, again a very minimal amount. Just like other types of melon, the cantaloupe has a high water content, and as we all know water is calorie and fat free.

What's more is that cantaloupe is crammed full of nutrients, just like other natural foods, so the only effects that the fruit is going to have on your body, your diet, and your weight, are positive ones.

In that same 3.5 ounce serving you can get almost half of the vitamin C that you need in a whole day and just under a quarter of the vitamin A that your body requires a day too.

I would recommend to anybody that is looking to make their diet a little more interesting by trying new foods, to give the cantaloupe a go. It tastes absolutely fantastic, can help towards topping up the levels of pretty much every vitamin and mineral that your body makes use of, it is not fattening, low in calories, helps to hydrate you due to it's high water content and provides energy due to it's potassium and sugar content.

If you don't know what to look for when it comes to the cantaloupe then check out the picture below, which shows a picture of what is rather a unique looking fruit. You are unlikely to get this mixed up with anything else, especially the regular watermelon.

So hopefully this post has been able to encourage you to try a new fruit today, especially with the summer months drawing on and fruits such as the cantaloupe being as prominent as ever in shops and at food markets. I also hope that you are no longer unsure as to whether or not cantaloupe is fattening.

For more information on cantaloupe calories, and exact figures of the nutrients it contains, please check out the cantaloupe page on my calorie site, via the link below.

http://www.calories-in-foods.com/calories-in-cantaloupe.php

Euro2012 football is on - Time for a beer

One of the biggest events in world football is currently going on over in Europe, as the countries of Poland and the Ukraine host the Euro2012 football championships. Hundreds of thousands of fans will take the trip to these nations to witness a glut of the world's finest players compete arguably the biggest international football trophy, after the FIFA world cup. Millions more fans like myself will tune in from the comfort of their living rooms at home, and if there is one thing that the average football fan likes, it's a nice cold beer.

I am not normally one to drink at home, but this is an excuse to relax and watch the game with a selection of beers with my football fanatic friends. One thing did cross my mind a little bit though, and that was just how much 3 weeks of casual beer drinking was going effect my daily calorie intake. So naturally I had a quick check on the number of calories in beer, updating my website as I went along, as this is obviously something that many calorie counters out there will be interested in.

I normally sit down with a Budweiser and in a bottle of their regular beer I was consuming 145 calories, which is fine, but then 6 or so of these soon adds up and does no good at all when you are watching your calories. Six of these regular Bud's have 870 calories in, that's quite a lot!

So looking at the figures I decided to see what the difference is in the calories found in regular beer and light beer, as you always see a box of Bud Light or Coors Light in the supermarket when you are purchasing your favored drink.

In the same sized bottle of Bud Light there were just 110 calories, so when you are putting away a six pack you are saving yourself on 210 calories, which is approximately a quarter of those from the regular Budweiser beer.

It just goes to show that making the odd simple change to your diet, can have a significant effect on the calories that you are consuming. If you sit and watch any sport once or twice a week at home and enjoy a nice cold beer at the same time, then just think about the number of beer calories you could be cutting out in the long run.

With the Euro2012 tournament drawing to a close and my beloved England, failing to make it very far once again, I will not be sat watching too many more games. However, with Wimbledon and the Olympics blitzing the television schedule for the next month or so I am sure that I will be sat with a beer in my hand a fair few more times before the summer is over, a light beer I might add!

If you would like to find out more examples of the calories found in popular beers such as Bud Light and Coors Light, please check out the link to my calories website below.


http://www.calories-in-foods.com/calories-in-beer.php

What do you want to see calories in?

If there is a specific food that you see vacant from www.calories-in-foods.com, please feel free to leave a comment so that we can add this.

Also feedback on the information and layout of the site in comparison to other calorie related sites would be much appreciated.

We are currently in the process of almost doubling the size of the site in order to include a wider selection of the calories found in popular foods, and are always looking for extra ideas from the people who visit and use the information on the site.

Thanks in advance

Steve