Pictures of What 200 Calories of Food Look Like

WiseGEEK just conducted a very visual and informative study and presented a photo series, which compares what 200 calories actually look like in different foods. You’d think that even with Summer coming up, a handful of gummy bears couldn’t hurt much, right..? Well, turns out, just 51 gram of those gives you the same amount of calories as nearly 600 grams of broccoli or 3 whole eggs would. And now be honest – which of those amounts sounds more alike a proper and filling meal to you?

Apples (385 grams / 13.5 oz)

 

Butter (28 grams / 0.98 oz)

 

Broccoli (588 grams / 20.7 oz)

 

Snickers Chocolate Bar (41 grams / 1.45 oz)

 

Cooked Pasta (145 grams / 5.11 oz)

 

Hot Dogs (66 grams / 2.33 oz)

 

Kiwi Fruit (328 grams / 11.6 oz)

 

McDonald’s Cheeseburger (75 grams / 2.6 oz)

 

Eggs (150 grams / 5.3 oz)

 

Celery (1425 grams / 50.3 oz)

 

Blackberry Pie (56 grams / 1.97 oz)

 

Mini Peppers (740 grams / 26.1 oz)

 

Canned Black Beans (186 grams / 6.56 oz)

 

Werther’s Originals Candy (50 grams / 1.76 oz)

 

McDonald’s Chicken Burger (from their “Healthy” range (72 grams / 2.5 oz)

 

Glazed Doughnut (52 grams / 1.8 oz)

 

French Sandwich Roll (72 grams / 2.5 oz)

 

Avocado (125 grams / 4.4 oz)

 

Baby Carrots (570 gram / 20.1 oz)

 

Canned Green Peas (357 grams / 12.6 oz)

 

Canned Baked Beans (Pork and Beans flavour) (186 grams / 6.56 oz)

 

Doritos (41 grams / 1.44 oz)

 

Dried Apricots (83 grams / 2.9 oz)

 

McDonald’s French Fries (73 grams / 2.6 oz)

 

Fried Bacon (34 grams / 1.2 oz)

 

Fruit Loops Cereal (51 grams / 1.8 oz)

 

Grapes (290 grams / 10.2 oz)

 

Splenda Artifical Sweetener (50 grams / 1.8 oz)

 

Gummy Bears (51 grams / 1.8 oz)

 

Hershey Kisses (36 grams / 1.27 oz)

 

Honeydew Melon (553 grams / 19.5 oz)

 

Jelly Belly Jelly Beans (54 grams / 1.9 oz)

 

Ketchup (226 grams / 7.97 oz)

 

M&M Candy (40 grams / 1.4 oz)

 

Red Onions (475 grams / 16.75 oz)

 

Sliced Smoked Turkey (204 grams / 7.2 oz)

 

Coca Cola (496 ml / 16.77 oz)

 

Canola Oil (23 grams / 0.8 oz)

 

Smarties Candy (57 grams / 2 oz)

 

Tootsie Pops (68 grams / 2.4 oz)

 

Whole Milk (333 ml / 11.3 fl oz)

 

Balsamic Vinegar (200 ml / 6.8 fl oz)

 

Lowfat Strawberry Yogurt (196 grams / 6.9 oz)

 

Canned Chili con Carne (189 grams / 6.7 oz)

 

Canned Tuna Packed in Oil (102 grams / 3.6 oz)

 

Fiber One Cereal (100 grams / 3.5 oz)

 

Flax Bread (90 grams / 3.17 oz)

 

Blueberry Muffin (72 grams / 2.5 oz)

 

Bailey’s Irish Cream (60 ml / 2.02 fl oz)

 

Cranberry Vanilla Crunch Cereal (55 grams / 1.9 oz)

 

Cornmeal (55 grams / 1.94 oz)

 

Wheat Flour (55 grams / 1.94 oz)

 

Peanut Butter Power Bar (54 grams / 1.9 oz)

 

Puffed Rice Cereal (54 grams / 1.9 oz)

 

Puffed Wheat Cereal (53 grams / 1.87 oz)

 

Brown Sugar (53 grams / 1.87 oz)

 

Salted Pretzels (52 grams / 1.83 oz)

 

Medium Cheddar Cheese (51 grams / 1.8 oz)

 

Potato Chips (37 grams / 1.3oz)

 

Sliced and Toasted Almonds (35 grams / 1.23 oz)

 

Peanut Butter (34 grams / 1.2 oz)

 

Salted Mixed Nuts (33 grams / 1.16 oz)

 

Report: Congress to Get Obamacare Exemption

This is from Michael Kitchen at Marketwatch: 

The White House has approved a deal that will exempt members of Congress and their staff from some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, Politico reported late Thursday. Under the law, popularly referred to as Obamacare, lawmakers and their aides were required to source health insurance "created" by the law or offered through one of its exchanges, and without the subsidies they currently enjoy, the members of Congress would have faced thousands of dollars in additional premium payments each year, the report said. However, the Office of Personnel Management now plans to rule that the government can continue to make a contribution to the health-care premiums of the lawmakers and their staff, it said, citing unnamed congressional sources and a White House official. 

Obamacare Full Frontal: Of 953,000 Jobs Created In 2013, 77%, Or 731,000 Are Part-Time

When the payroll report was released last month, the world finally noticed what we had been saying for nearly three years: that the US was slowly being converted to a part-time worker society. This slow conversion accelerated drastically in the last few months, and especially in June, when part time jobs exploded higher by 360K while full time jobs dropped by 240K....

But what really shows what is going on in America at least in 2013, is the following summary: of the 953K jobs "created" so far in 2013, only 23%, or 222K, were full-time. Part-time jobs? 731K or 953K of total.

Full text from: Zero Hedge. Sources: Part-Time and Full-Time ime and BLS. 

See also: A record number of young adults are living with their parents. A new study from Pew Research finds that 36 percent of Millennials – young adults ages 18 to 31 – are living at their parents’ homes, the highest number in four decades. A record 21.6 million young adults were still living at home last year.

Are low calorie sweeteners making you fat?

"Several studies show consuming low-calorie artificial sweeteners makes people more likely to pile on weight than reduce it, according to Joanna Blythman, Britain's leading investigative food journalist and author of What To Eat.

Our bodies are designed to process natural foods, so expect calories along with a sweet taste, she says. 

So rather than helping us consume less sugar overall, by interfering with our satisfaction signals, artificial sweeteners cause us to crave even more sweet food.

'When you eat normal sugar, your taste buds tell the brain sugar is on its way,' says personal trainer James Duigan, of Bodyism, the celebrity London gym. A U.S. study showed that while people who drank one to two cans of full-sugar fizzy drinks a day increased their risk of becoming overweight or obese by nearly 33 per cent over seven to eight years, those who replaced them with diet alternatives had a 65 per cent risk. 

'So when the body receives a low-calorie artificial sweetener instead of sugar and the calories don't reach the stomach, the body is confused.' Some sweeteners are even thought to change hormonal activity, which can cause you to hold on to fat and lead to weight gain. 

'Telling people to drink diet sodas could backfire as a public health message,' Professor Swithers says. 

'The message to limit sugar intake needs to be expanded to limit intake of all sweeteners, not just natural sugars.'"

Full text: Are low calorie sweeteners making you fat? | Mail Online.