Wednesday, May 23, 2012

To eat or not to eat?

I found Healthy Servings Guidelines by Health Ministry - for over 200 types of refreshment for meeting -   is really cool.

This was my first encounter with the actual implementation of the guidelines. This morning, during a meeting with Koreans.


Talam Seri Muka (40 gram) - 80 cal
Popia basah (40 gram) - 70 cal
Nescafe / Tea (1 cup + 5g sugar) - 20 cal

Daily calorie required for women is 1500 and for men is 2000.

CALORIE 101
This is how you count calories in food :

1 g carbohydrate = 4 cal
1 g protein = 4 cal
1 g fat = 9 cal
i.e. 1 teaspoon cooking oil (5 g) = 45 cal

Example
(a) 1 cup of plain tea (200 ml) = 0 cal
(b) 1 cup of plain tea (200 ml) + 1 teaspoon of sugar (5 g) = 20 cal
(c) 1 cup of plain tea (200 ml) + 1 teaspoon of sugar (5 g)  + 1 teaspoon sweetened creamer(10 g) = 110 cal

Lucky I usually stop at (b). I didnt like creamer.

2 comments:

lina said...

hmmm to me just eat :)hahaha

art said...

oh yes, I ate 2 popia basah because it have 70 calories per piece.

and one kuih talam (80 calories) and a cuppa (20 calories). Altogether 240 calories. I still have 1260 to spare for lunch and dinner.

i am slowly turn into calorie-concious person. lol.