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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Feel full, low calories

Current Mood:

Whenever I feel like I have to reduce my caloric intake and don't want to worry about eating a teeny tiny meal and ending up feeling hungry later, I get a can of these:

Depending on the brand you get, you only consume like 40-50 calories when you eat the whole 15-oz. can. That may not seem impressive until you remember that a can of regular Coke is about 140 calories. That sure seems illogical on an eating level, doesn't it--that a softdrink can have 3 times the calories as a can of food.

And you feel FULL after eating it too, or at least I did. I guess it's because I eat them one at a time--my brain thinks since I've put food in my mouth as many times as I would a regular meal, I must have eaten a regular meal.

Other good points about straw mushrooms:

No cholesterol
Low in saturated fat
No sugar
Very high in dietary fiber
Very high in iron
High in pantothenic acid
High in phosphorus
Very high in protein
High in riboflavin
Very high in selenium
High in zinc

Bad points about straw mushrooms:

Very high in sodium

With the low calorie content, I can afford to stir fry them in a little margarine and make them taste even better :-).

Labels: Diet

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