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Broccoli is a green vegetable that is closely related to cabbage, cauliflower and kale. Broccoli is eaten in raw and cooked forms.
In general, like most other vegetables broccoli is also a poor source of protein as it constitutes just 2.6% of the total weight of this vegetable. 1 cup of raw broccoli weighing 76 grams provides us about 2 grams of protein.
[Read more…] about How much protein is in broccoli?Skinless and boneless cooked chicken breast contains 32% protein. It is an excellent amount. 1 piece of cooked chicken breast weighing 174 grams provides 56 g of protein which is quite a lot.
Even the quality of chicken protein is much better compared to many vegetarian protein sources because of its essential amino acids content.
[Read more…] about How much protein is in chicken breast?Cooked (by the method of stewing) chicken meat with skin contains about 24.7% protein. We can say that chicken in general is an excellent source of protein.
If we remove the chicken skin portion and take only chicken meat then the protein quantity is much higher. Skinless cooked chicken meat contains 30.4% protein.
[Read more…] about What is the quantity of protein in chicken per 100 grams?Eggs are very good sources of protein. Even the quality of the egg protein is quite good because of its excellent essential amino acid profile.
One large grade A egg as per US standards without shell weighs about 50.3 grams. It contains 6.24 grams of protein. So, three whole eggs contain about 18.7 grams of protein.
In general, whole eggs contain about 12.4% protein.
[Read more…] about How much protein is in 3 eggs?Coconut milk is actually rich in fat content. So naturally people associate it with high cholesterol. But as per the United States Department of Agriculture data coconut milk does not contain any cholesterol at all.
But coconut milk contains quite a lot of saturated fat. As per the American Heart Association consumption of excess saturated fat can raise LDL Cholesterol (i.e., bad cholesterol) in your blood. High LDL Cholesterol in blood can increase the risk of stroke and heart disease. Hence, I would suggest you not to consume more than 50 grams of coconut milk a day.
[Read more…] about Is coconut milk high in cholesterol?Yes, yoga can help you burn calories. Depending on the weight of the person the number of Calories burned varies. A 125 pound or about 57 kg person doing hatha yoga for 30 minutes burns about 120 Calories.
For the same amount of time when a 155 pound person does yoga, he/she can burn 144 Calories and a 185 pound person can burn 168 Calories. Overall yoga falls under low to moderate intensity exercise activities category.
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In general peanuts are very good sources of protein. For example, boiled peanuts contain about 13.5% protein whereas fully dry roasted peanuts contain about 24.4% protein.
The difference in protein quantity of both these varieties is because of moisture content. 100 grams of boiled peanuts contain about 42 g of water whereas dry roasted peanuts contain as little as 1.8 grams of water.
In this post & video I am going to analyse the nutrition facts of carrots and explain some of their health benefits.
In the year of 2020 China was the largest producer of carrots followed by Uzbekistan and the USA.
[Read more…] about Carrots: Nutrition facts & health benefitsThe quantity of protein in sweet potatoes varies depending on the cooking method. But in general, they are poor sources of protein.
1 large baked sweet potato weighing 180 g contains about 3.6 g of protein. Whereas, boiled sweet potato of the same size has about 2.5 g of protein.
The reason for this difference is when we boil this tuber the water content of it increases and hence the overall quantity of protein goes down.
Almond milk is available in the market in both sweetened and unsweetened versions. Typically, unsweetened almond milk provides about 36.5 Cal or 153 kJ of energy per cup. (i.e., 244 g).
The calories in sweetened version vary depending on how much sugar is added. Typically sweetened almond milk contains 91 Cal or 377 kJ of energy per cup (i.e., 240 g).
Sweetened almond milk contains more calories as sugar is added to it. 1 g of sugar provides 4 Cal or 16.7 kJ of energy.