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Coffee and Calories
They're all the rage, flavored coffees, iced coffee, blended coffees, from the frappuccino's to the fruit smoothies. But be aware, nutritionists say if you're not careful, they can pack on the pounds.
If you look at some of these, they can go up to 600 calories for one beverage, where some meals aren't even 600 calories.
That's right. One of your favorite daily caffeine boosts could fill you up with more calories than an entire meal. Most nutritionists say the average woman should have 1200 calories a day and one of these can use up half the daily amount.
Throw away half of it.
In a year, a hundred extra calories would equal a ten pound weight gain.
And if that's what a hundred calories a day would do imagine the result from four or even 500 extra calories every day. And many of the calories from these drinks come from sugar and fat.
To put it in perspective a typical 20 ounce soda is 240 calories. According to Starbucks the grande caramel frappucino with whip is 430 calories, about what you'd find in some meals. And if you think that's a lot, the 24 ounce strawberry-banana smoothie from Dunkin Donuts comes in at a whopping 550 calories.
The alternative is to stick with diet beverages and if you need coffee make sure to have it with skim milk and an artificial sweetener.
I would suggest that you try not to drink anything with calories in it.
Instead use those calories on food. It will fill you up longer, hold you over to the next meal and keep you from packing on extra pounds.
Calories in Coffee
Serving Size: 1 cup (8 fl. oz.) (237,0 g)
Amount per serving
Calories 9
Calories from Fat 9
| - | % Daily Value
(Based on a 2000 calorie diet) | | Total Fat 1.8g | 3% | | Cholesterol 0mg | 0% | | Sodium 2mg | 0% | | Total Carbohydrates 0.0g | 0% | | Protein 0.3g | |
Vitamin A 0%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%
Iron 0%
Detailed Nutrition Facts
Water 235.55 g
Energy 2 kcal
Energy 5 kj
Protein 0.28 g
Total lipid (fat) 0.05 g
Ash 0.83 g
Carbohydrate, by difference ~ g
Fiber, total dietary ~ g
Sugars, total ~ g
Sucrose ~ g
Glucose (dextrose) ~ g
Fructose ~ g
Lactose ~ g
Maltose ~ g
Galactose ~ g
Calcium, Ca 5 mg
Iron, Fe 0.02 mg
Magnesium, Mg 7 mg
Phosphorus, P 7 mg
Potassium, K 116 mg
Sodium, Na 5 mg
Zinc, Zn 0.05 mg
Copper, Cu 0.005 mg
Manganese, Mn 0.047 mg
Selenium, Se ~ mcg
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid ~ mg
Thiamin 0.024 mg
Riboflavin 0.166 mg
Niacin 0.45 mg
Pantothenic acid 0.593 mg
Vitamin B-6 0.002 mg
Folate, total 5 mcg
Folic acid ~ mcg
Folate, food 5 mcg
Folate, DFE 5 mcg_DFE
Vitamin B-12 ~ mcg
Vitamin A, IU ~ IU
Vitamin A, RAE ~ mcg_RAE
Retinol ~ mcg
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.02 mg
Tocopherol, beta ~ mg
Tocopherol, gamma 0.02 mg
Tocopherol, delta ~ mg
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 0.2 mcg
Fatty acids, total saturated 0.005 g
4:0 ~ g
6:0 ~ g
8:0 ~ g
10:0 ~ g
12:0 ~ g
13:0 ~ g
14:0 ~ g
15:0 ~ g
16:0 0.005 g
17:0 ~ g
18:0 ~ g
20:0 ~ g
22:0 ~ g
24:0 ~ g
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated 0.024 g
14:1 ~ g
15:1 ~ g
16:1 undifferentiated ~ g
17:1 ~ g
18:1 undifferentiated ~ g
18:1 c 0.024 g
18:1 t ~ g
20:1 ~ g
22:1 undifferentiated ~ g
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated 0.002 g
18:2 undifferentiated 0.002 g
18:3 undifferentiated ~ g
18:3 n-3 c,c,c ~ g
18:3 n-6 c,c,c ~ g
18:4 ~ g
20:2 n-6 c,c ~ g
20:3 undifferentiated ~ g
20:4 undifferentiated ~ g
20:5 n-3 ~ g
22:5 n-3 ~ g
22:6 n-3 ~ g
Fatty acids, total trans ~ g
Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic ~ g
Cholesterol ~ mg
Tryptophan ~ g
Threonine 0.002 g
Isoleucine 0.005 g
Leucine 0.012 g
Lysine 0.002 g
Methionine ~ g
Cystine 0.005 g
Phenylalanine 0.007 g
Tyrosine 0.005 g
Valine 0.007 g
Arginine 0.002 g
Histidine 0.005 g
Alanine 0.007 g
Aspartic acid 0.012 g
Glutamic acid 0.047 g
Glycine 0.009 g
Proline 0.009 g
Serine 0.002 g
Alcohol, ethyl ~ g
Caffeine 95 mg
Theobromine ~ mg
Carotene, beta ~ mcg
Carotene, alpha ~ mcg
Cryptoxanthin, beta ~ mcg
Lycopene ~ mcg
Lutein + zeaxanthin ~ mcg
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