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The History of Calorimetry

Miss Cellania — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:58:28 +0000

Calorimetry, a word I never heard before today, is the science of measuring heat changes. GE Life Sciences explains calorimetry in this video, which is actually an ad for some hi-tech laboratory equipment. -Thanks, Stephen Clegg!

Why a Diet of Twinkies Makes Sense

Miss Cellania — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:58:21 +0000

Kansas State University professor Mark Haub ate a Twinkies every three hours for ten weeks and lost 27 pounds! His cholesterol numbers improved as well. Haub put himself through this horrible regimen to prove a point: weight loss is all about caloric intake, not the type of food you eat. James Plafke at Geekosystem explains:

When I first started working out, I couldn’t gain weight no matter what I tried. I asked a large amount of people at the few gyms I attended at the time, and the advice received has always stuck out: Eat everything. The first (extremely in-shape) person I asked told me to buy a box of bakery cupcakes from the local grocery store and eat that after lunch a few times a week. The next (very ripped and cut) person I asked told me he ate a tub of chocolate pudding a few times a week after dinner. The message was clear: So long as you’re correctly working out, the type of food you eat doesn’t matter as much as you may think.

Of course, there’s a lot more to the story. Link

Average Daily Food Intake of Our Favourite TV Characters

The Nag — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:03:31 +0000

Luckily Homer is only a cartoon character. I hate to think of the havoc 24,929 calories daily would wreak on a human being. Click the link to check out the daily food intake of other television favourites.

We all know Homer Simpson is a big fan of food, but it’s really not until you lay his daily food intake out onto a single table that you really get an idea of how much of a glutton he is. Check out table spreads of an average day’s worth of nourishment for Homer Simpson, the Seinfeld cast and Garfield the cat.

Link – Via John Gushue

Counting Calories

Miss Cellania — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:34:04 +0000

How well can you judge how fattening a food may be by looking at it? In this Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you’ll be presented with a pair of dishes. All you have to do is decide which one contains more calories. It’s not as easy as you might think; I scored only 59%. Link

How (not) To Make Macaroni Salad

Minnesotastan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:43:53 +0000

It appears that this started out as a ordinary instructional cooking video, and then someone overdubbed it with basic nutritional information. She is careful to caution that her recipe is “not your conventional macaroni salad.”

Link. Via Reddit.

Caffeine vs. Calories

Miss Cellania — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:31:44 +0000

This infographic shows you which products (mostly coffee drinks) have the least and most caffeine and calories by plotting them on a graph, with some familiar foods on the left for reference. This is why I drink black coffee (lower right) and don’t eat Big Macs (upper left). Link to full-size version. -via Digg

(image credit: Flickr user mkandlez)

300 Calorie Food Picture Gallery

Miss Cellania — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:56:59 +0000

Karen at HealthAssist measured and photographed amounts of food that have 300 calories. Each is pictured with a $10 bill for scale, and the cost of the amount is also noted. If you are counting calories, this is good news in that 300 calories of the most nutritious foods will fill you up. The sad news is that the cost of 300 calories in breads, pasta, and sweets is so much cheaper than fresh fruits and vegetables. Link -Thanks, Karen!