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<br>Hungry Girl Today: 10.31.07 
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<br>ASK HUNGRY GIRL 
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<br>Dear Hungry Girl, 
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<br>My friends say you have a supermarket list on your site, but I can't find it. 
<br>Do you know what they are talking about, and can you please let me (and 
<br>the rest of the world!) know where it is? 
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<br>Looking for the List  
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<br>Dear Looking, 
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<br>Yay... an easy question! So many people email in asking where to find this 
<br>list. It's right here. Just click on the blue link and there it is! By the way, that 
<br>list has been viewed almost half a million times, so it's pretty popular. Please 
<br>note that the list is NOT complete by any means -- it's just a helpful bunch of 
<br>recommended products I like. Happy shopping! And remember, never go to 
<br>the supermarket when you're hungry. Bad idea -- you'll likely buy stuff you 
<br>don't even need, and you might start to devour your groceries while you’re 
<br>still shopping. BTW, we run NEW versions of this list every so often, when the 
<br>latest HG faves need to be added. So look out for those, and feel free to 
<br>email the products you think should make the next list to suggest@hungry-
<br>girl.com.
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<br>Link: https://www.hungry-girl.com/week/weeklydetails.php?isid=1178
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<br>Dear HG, 
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<br>A long time ago I learned that the total calories in any food come from carbs, 
<br>protein, and fat, and that each gram of carbs has 4 calories, a gram of 
<br>protein has 4 calories, and a gram of fat has 9 calories. And with some 
<br>simple math, I would be able to read labels and see that the formula 
<br>ALWAYS worked -- all the calories from carbs, protein and fat added up to 
<br>the total calories per serving for that food. This is no longer the case. I have 
<br>noticed that high-fiber packaged foods are the ones that typically have this 
<br>problem (like Fiber One bran cereal and the 80-calorie La Tortilla Factory 
<br>tortillas). What gives, HG? 
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<br>Calorie-Confused  
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<br>Dear Calorie-Confused, 
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<br>THAT is an excellent question. And it's one that keeps popping up. I'm 
<br>REALLY glad people are becoming more savvy when it comes to reading 
<br>labels. And I was confused for exactly the same reason as you. So I called 
<br>on some of my pals who are nutrition experts for help with this one (my 
<br>friend Tanya Zuckerbrot, who is an author and the QUEEN of fiber, was 
<br>particularly helpful). Here's what I deduced after chatting extensively with 
<br>some of the experts (and harassing several others via email). While fiber is 
<br>considered a carb (and the grams of fiber are included in the total carbs 
<br>listed on labels and packages), the calories from fiber are not absorbed by 
<br>the body. So, many products subtract the calories that come from fiber from 
<br>the total number of calories listed. For example, if you used your little 
<br>equation to figure out the calories in a serving of Fiber One -- adding up the 
<br>calories from 2g of protein (8 cals), 25g of carbs (100 cals) and 1g of fat (9 
<br>cals) -- you would come up with 117 calories per 1/2-cup serving. But since 
<br>F1 has 14g of fiber per serving, you can subtract 56 calories from that total 
<br>number (4 calories for each gram of fiber), which leaves you with 61 calories 
<br>(rounded down to 60 on the box's label). This is pretty standard for high-fiber 
<br>foods these days, and it's the reason the nutritionals on the package (as well 
<br>as in recipes made with the stuff) don't always add up. The important thing to 
<br>remember here is that those calories from fiber are NOT absorbed by the 
<br>body, so no need to panic and add them all back in if you are counting 
<br>calories. Now where it gets SUPER-CONFUSING is with natural foods like 
<br>raspberries, which supposedly have 64 calories per cup (about 15g carbs, 
<br>0.5g fat, 1.5g protein). Those berries also have 8g of fiber per cup! So do 
<br>raspberries REALLY have more like 32 calories per cup (once you subtract 
<br>the calories from fiber)? It would seem so (though experts hesitate to give a 
<br>concrete answer to this, for some reason). The good news is that since 
<br>calorie-counters likely ARE counting the calories from fiber in the natural 
<br>foods they consume, the worst they can do is overestimate their total calorie 
<br>intake. BTW, sugar alcohols (like maltitol or xylitol) are another source of 
<br>carbs that don't always contribute fully to the total calories listed (they 
<br>usually have 3 calories or less per gram), which is why nutritionals for some 
<br>sugar-free products like pudding and jam may not add up. Sorry to get all 
<br>technical and confusing, but this is important stuff to know about if you're a 
<br>label reader. OK, I'm ending this answer now that my head is going to 
<br>explode. Hope it was helpful. 
<br>--
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