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December 2nd, 2005, 10:28 AM
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calories in stuff
i have a tin of peas in front of me. it says4.7g protien, 1 g fat, 8.2 g
carbos yet its an 85 g tin with 65 calories total..... where do all the calories come from? or does the above grams add up to 65 cal??? jas 
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December 2nd, 2005, 11:04 AM
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On 12/2/05 7:28 PM, in article , "jas" wrote: i have a tin of peas in front of me. it says4.7g protien, 1 g fat, 8.2 g carbos yet its an 85 g tin with 65 calories total..... where do all the calories come from? or does the above grams add up to 65 cal??? jas 4.7 * 4 + 1 * 9 + 8.2 * 4 = 61 calories. Assuming they were rounding a bit on the fat yes, it does easily add up to 65 calories. doug
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December 7th, 2005, 04:48 AM
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On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:04:45 +0900, Doug Lerner
wrote: On 12/2/05 7:28 PM, in article , "jas" wrote: i have a tin of peas in front of me. it says4.7g protien, 1 g fat, 8.2 g carbos yet its an 85 g tin with 65 calories total..... where do all the calories come from? or does the above grams add up to 65 cal??? jas 4.7 * 4 + 1 * 9 + 8.2 * 4 = 61 calories. Assuming they were rounding a bit on the fat yes, it does easily add up to 65 calories. doug If you're wondering why 4.7 + 1 + 8.2 adds up to 13.9g, which is a big difference from the 85g in the tin, that's because most of the weight comes from water. (This is true of most foods, not just tinned peas :-) .) Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004
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