Chicken Calories
Chicken Calories
Chicken can be a healthy choice for a good diet. And that’s why chicken calories are such an important issue. Some chicken parts have less fat than other types of meat and that means – less chicken calories and less weight for you.
Chicken Calories – The Parts
The difference in chicken calories for different chicken parts can be quite significant. It can range from 110 chicken calories for 3.5 oz of skinless breast to 319 chicken calories for 3.5 oz of back with skin. If you are looking for low chicken calories parts, the breast and drumstick are the recommended ones for you.
Here are some detailed chicken calories numbers (for 3.5 oz of chicken without/with skin)
- Chicken breast calories: 110/172 calories
- Chicken drumstick calories: 119/161 calories
- Chicken thigh calories: 119/211 calories
- Chicken wings calories: 126/222 calories
- Chicken back calories: 137/319 calories
Chicken Calories – The Skin
Fat is one of the key factors for chicken calories. The chicken skin is very high in fat and a lot of the chicken calories actually come from the skin. Removing the skin, you can consume 80-180 less chicken calories, so that would be a very good tip to follow.
Chicken Calories
If you love chicken, like I do, you’re lucky. Chicken calories are easily added to most diets. It’s both healthier than most meat and can taste so good! Chicken calories, here I come!
Cucumber Calories
Like other vegetables, most of the cucumber calories come from carbs. The cucumber’s weight is 95% water, and the rest is responsible for the cucumber calories.
Cucumber calories according to the USDA site:
- single large cucumber (8-1/4″, 300 gr) with peel – 45 calories
- single large cucumber (8-1/4″, 280 gr) peeled – 34 calories
You have to remember that although the number of cucumber calories for a peeled cucumber is lower than the number of cucumber calories for an unpeeled cucumber, that a lot of nutrients are inside the peel. So it is worth while to eat the cucumber and the peel and all of its cucumber calories.
Calories in Grapes
calories in grapes
Delicious grapes can be a real treat. But its important to know about the calories in grapes. Although a single grape has only a few calories, most of us eat quite a lot of them at a time. So let’s check out this calories in grapes issue once and for all.
The following calories in grapes information is from the USDA Nutrient Database:
- A single grape: 3-4 calories
- 10 Grapes: 34 calories
- 1 oz of grapes: 20 calories
- 100gr (3.5 oz) of grapes: 70 calories
- 1 cup of grapes (150 gr): 105 calories
Everybody knows there are many types and varieties of grapes. But the difference in the calories in grapes of different types is very low. So either green, red, european style or american – they all have roughly the same number of calories in grapes.
Being a fruit, almost all the calories in grapes come fruit sugar. Although only 15% of the grape’s weight is sugar (80% is water), it contributes more than 85% of its calories.
On the other hand, grape phytochemicals have been positively linked to inhibiting cancer, heart disease, degenerative nerve disease, viral infections and mechanisms of alzheimer’s disease. So those calories in grapes you eat have some positive effect on your health.
Although grapes are the key ingredient in making wine and also turn to raisains and sultanas, don’t confues the calories in grapes with the calories in wine or calories in raisains. Check that information seperatly.
Calories in Strawberries
Strawberries are a prefect example of a natural dessert. Sweet, juicy and delicious. But like other fruits we need to have a closer look at the calories in the strawberries to make sure we are consuming them wisely.
The good thing about calories in strawberries is the fact that a single strawberry doesn’t have a lot of calories. A small one would have only 2 calories. And even a large strawberry has 10 calories tops. So unless you are planning on eating baskets of strawberries, you are not likely to consume too many calories.
Here are a few official numbers about calories in strawberries:
- 100 gr (3.5 oz) of strawberries – 32 calories
- 1 cup of whole strawberries (144 gr) – 46 calories
- 1 cup of sliced strawberries (166 gr) – 53 calories
calories in strawberries
Besides the calories in strawberries, it is good to know that 90% of strawberries content is actually water. And even the sugar percentage is not very high – less than 5% (an apple for example has more than 10% sugar rate).
So unless you are planning on covering your strawberries with extra sugar, cream or ice cream, you can happliy enjoy the calories in strawberries, if you eat them moderately and as a part of a balanced diet.
Subway Calories
Subway is often considered a healthier choice than other fast food restaurant that serve fried food. But the subway calories you are consuming there are still calories. And even among the subway sandwiches and other products you can find low calories items and high calories items.
Let’s start with the sandwiches. If you are on a diet, or simply watching you calories intake, you should avoid the following subway calories hazzards. I personally could not believe there could be so many calories in some subway sandwiches:
- double meat italian BMT – 6 inch: 630 calories, foot long: 1260 calories
- chicken&bacon ranch – 6 inch: 580 calories, foot long: 1160 calories
- meatball sandwich – 6 inch: 540 calories, foot long: 1080 calories
- spicy italian – 6 inch: 480 calories, foot long: 960 calories
- Dijon Horseradish Melt – 6 inch: 470 calories, foot long: 940 calories
- BMT sandwich – 6 inch: 450 calories, foot long: 900 calories
- tuna sandwich - 6 inch: 450 calories, foot long: 900 calories
- Southwest Steak & Cheese – 6 inch: 440 calories, foot long: 880 calories
- seafood and crab – 6 inch: 410 calories, foot long: 820 calories
Isn’t it amazing that the total subway calories of your lunch can go over a 1,000 calories ?!?!
But fear not! There are better choices! The sandwiches which are prompted as “6 gr fat or less” offer 6 inch sandwiches with just around 300 calories. Besdies the
So what are the healthier choices regarding subway calories? Well, those would be the 6 inch sandwiches promoted as “6 gr fat or less”. Besides the sweet onion chicken teriyaki sandwich which has 370 subway calories, most of them have around 300 calories:
- 6 inch ham (black forest, no cheese) – 290 calories
- 6 inch turkey breast – 280 calories
- 6 inch roast beef – 290 calories
- 6 inch Veggie Delight – 230 calories
- 6 inch oven roasted chicken breast – 310 calories
- 6 inch subway club – 320 calories
And what about those toppings, salad dressing or croutons. For anyone whose counting the subway calories, those could be harmful. You can add dozens or even a 100 calories to your meal!
- cheese (2 triangles) – between 40-60 subway calories
- regular mayonnaise (1 tablspoon) – 110 subway calories
- ranch (on wrap) – 120 subway calories
- ranch dressing (2 oz) – 320 calories
And I don’t really need to talk to you about the cookies and other desserts, right?
All in all subway can offer a good value meal with a good nutrition value as well. But it depends on you and your choices. If the total amount of subway calories you eat there is important to you, make sure you select the low calories and low fat options.
Rice Calories
Rice is one of the most common foods in the world. We see it almost everywhere, eat it and enjoy it too. But there are a few things we need to pay attention to when discussing rice calories.
You need to pay special attention whether the rice calories mentioned on the label are for raw dry rice or for cooked rice. There is a world of a difference between these two rice calories. Raw dry rice is thinner and lighter, so if you are measuring 3.5oz (100gr) or 1 cup – you get a lot of rice, which means a lot of rice calories. Cooked rice is thicker and heavier, so the same amount of rice has less rice calories. See the actual difference:
Cooked Rice Calories (white, long grain, regular):
- 3.5oz (100gr) – 130 rice calories
- 1 cup (158 gr) – 205 rice calories
Raw Rice Calories (white, long grain, regular):
- 3.5oz (100gr) – 360 rice calories
- 1 cup (195 gr) – 702 rice calories
Another thing is the type of rice. The rice calories can really vary according to the type. Let’s compare white rice calories, brown rice calories and wild rice calories:
White Rice Calories (long grain, regular, cooked):
- 3.5oz (100gr) – 130 rice calories
- 1 cup (158 gr) – 205 rice calories
Brown Rice Calories (long grain, cooked):
- 3.5oz (100gr) – 111 rice calories
- 1 cup (195 gr) – 216 rice calories
Wild Rice Calories (cooked):
- 3.5oz (100gr) – 106 rice calories
- 1 cup (164 gr) – 166 rice calories
And another tip: sometimes it is recommended to fry the rice with a bit of oil before boiling it to make less sticky. That may help the rice but not the rice calories. It is still oil and fat. So use only a little amount of oil and use a healthy oil.
Calories in an Apple
Who would have believed you can say so much about calories in an apple? It seems a simple answer like 100 calories in an apple would be sufficient. But whoever made this short video thought otherwise.
So have a look and enjoy both detailed and good nutrition information and some fun facts you never knew about calories in an apple:
Bagel Calories
No one can resist the warm smell of a fresh bagel. Lucky for us, the smell of bagels doesn’t have any bagel calories in it. Too bad taste does. Let’s see if you can still inlucde some bagels in your diet.
Let’s check out the good old fashion plain bagel calories (including onions, poppy or sesame):
- Mini bagel (0.8oz, 26gr, 2.5″ diameter) – 67 bagel calories
- Medium bagel (2.5oz, 71gr, 3.5″ diameter) – 182 bagel calories
- Large bagel (3.9oz, 4.5″ diameter) – 283 bagel calories
Now whether you are toasing the bagel or not doesn’t have a real effect on the bagel calories (maybe only a few calories). There is no real difference between a plain bagel calories and a toasted bagel calories since its only water are missing from the bagel.
However if your thinking about buttering you bagel that’s a completely different story and your bagel calories will add up! A pat of butter (5 gr, 1″ sqr) has 36 calories and almost all of it is fat. So you do the math according to how much butter you put of your bagel. Same goes for cream cheese: between 20-50 calories more to your bagel calories.
So next time you visit the bakery, take a big breath and enjoy that delicious bagel smell, but if you are on diet, remember those bagel calories values and choose your food wisely.
Numbers are from the USDA National Nutrient Database
Caesar Salad Calories
Checking the amount of Caesar Salad Calories is not a very easy task. That’s because the sizes and ingridients are not standard. The vegetables can vary a bit, the way you cook the chicken and the dressing – that’s a big big thing when discussing caesar salad calories.
So, let’s take a simple example, that we all know: McDonald’s Caesar Salad. It’s not a recommendation, this is just for us to get a notion of the amount of caesar salad calories. Once you get an idea of the general amount, you can calculate your caesar salad calories.
Without the chicken, McDonald’s caesar salad has only 90 calories in it. A grilled chicken adds 130 calories. A crispy chicken adds 240 calories. So in total, the caesar salad calories can add up to 220-330 calories.
But that’s not all!!!
Croutons: they might be small, but are they covered with butter or cheese? And how many of them did you eat? They can get up to 120 calories for 1 oz.
But we’ve still haven’t discusses the major ingridient in caesar salad calories: the dressing!
Like a lot of other salads, the dressing can have so many calories! It isn’t surprising to hear that a 2 fl oz packet of what is referred to as creamy caesar salad has 190 calories! That is almost the amount of the whole caesar salad calories (eaten with grilled chicken)!
So as you can see, caesar salad calories can vary from 200 to 600 calories! If you are concerned about your calories intake, stick with the grilled chicken and find some other low calorie dressing.
Calories in Corn
There are several types of corn, so the question of calories in corn needs to be divided into several answers.
If you are talking about corn on the cob, there are around 60 calories in corn on cob for an ear weighing a bit more than 2 oz (63 gr) – that is of course cooked, boiled and dried. It doesn’t really matter if it’s white or yellow corn.
Obvisouly, answering the calories in corn question for corn on the cob does not include the calories in the butter you are adding on it! Even a small amount of butter can add around 40 calories to your corn on the cob! So if want to keep the calories in corn low, forget about the butter.
Moving on to canned corn, there is such a variety that it is difficult to state exactly the amount of calories in corn: vaccum pack, cream style, drained or not. Generally speaking in 3.5 oz (100 gr) of canned corn there are between 60 and 80 calories. You can check the USDA site for your specific can.
And last – popcorn! Perhaps the best corn there is. So how many calories in popcorn vs calories in corn? Well, if you are looking into those “standard” weights like 3.5 oz of popcorn, you’ll get 387 calories for air popped corn and 429 calories in corn that was popped in a microwave. But if you are only looking for a small snack, like a cup of popcorn, you’ll consume only 30-40 calories.
When talking about your diet, the question of calories in corn is similar to other nutrition questions. The answer is: check the label, don’t over eat and make sure you choose healthy foods.
