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Meet the caffeine content of some foods

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

the caffeinCaffeine is a matter of opinions, even controversial, but the reality is that everything leads us to believe that its consumption may have beneficial effects and harmful depending always on the amount consumed, so, in moderation is the spice.

It is generally recommended not to exceed three cups of coffee a day, for an intake above 300 mg is already considered high and may present risks to health, it encourages the development of fatigue, nervous irritability and tremors, and insomnia, So today we intend to help you calculate your intake of caffeine showing you the contents of some foods high in cholesterol.

* 1 cup 180 ml: 100 mg of caffeine
* 1 cup of decaffeinated coffee 180 ml: 2 mg of caffeine
* 1 capuccino 190 ml: 73 mg of caffeine
* A Coca-Cola 330 Ml: 41 mg of caffeine
* 1 Coca-Cola Light 330 ml: 41 mg of caffeine
* 1 360 ml Pepsi Cola: 35 mg of caffeine
* 1 360 ml Pepsi light: 33 mg of caffeine
* 1 cup of black tea 180 ml: 3.6 mg of protein
* 1 bar of black chocolate 40 grams: 194 mg of theobromine

As you can see here include foods such as chocolate and tea theobromine owns that contains protein, substances with an action similar to caffeine, central nervous system stimulants, so too much can produce the same effects as caffeine.

Remember, less than 100 mg caffeine consumption is low, between 100 mg and 300 mg consumption is moderate, while above 300 mg caffeine intake is already considered high and may cause side effects in the body.

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Learn to calculate the calories you spend

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

food nutrientThe store calories as fat are the difference between calorie intake and spend on various activities of life. With Food Composition Tables we can see the calories we eat but what are they actually spend?

1. What we get with food calories?
Food nutrients, vitamins, minerals and water. The main nutrients in foods are fats, carbohydrates and proteins. Hydrates, fats and proteins provide the body with energy that is measured as calories. Vitamins, minerals and water do not contribute calories.

Fats provide 9 Kcal per gram. Carbohydrates provide 4 Kcal per gram. Proteins provide 4 Kcal per gram.  Fats and carbohydrates are mainly used as an energy source. The proteins serve mainly as plastic material for growth and tissue repair.

In real life we find not only a meal consisting of fat (except oils), carbohydrate or protein food but have a mixed. Thus, foods such as beef traditionally is considered a food protein but has 20.70 grams of protein, 5.40 grams of fat and trace amounts of carbohydrates.

Or the bread is considered the example of carbohydrate per 100 grams is 52 grams carbohydrates 8 grams of protein and 1.6 grams of fat. Thus each of the nutrients from food are entered together with each meal and can not be separated. To see what proportion of each nutrient is every food there calls Tables of Food Composition reflecting the study of the components of each particular food. There are several tables with variations mainly by the geographical origin of the food samples.

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