Nutritionists say that reducing the calorie content of the daily diet by only 200 units provides a loss of 5-6 kg in six months. Counting calories, however, is a tricky business. And if, as a rule, the energy value of a product is marked on food packaging and is clearly visible, then how, for example, can you count the calories in a soup? Very simple.
Instructions
Step 1
Decide on the ingredients. Open the table of the energy value of basic food products (for example, here: https://www.vseki.ru/tablica-kaloriynosti-productov.htm), mark the components of your soup in it, add everything up, and then calculate the calorie content of a portion.
For example. You have cooked a basic broth, which includes meat (250 g - 540 kcal), carrots (2 pieces - 48 kcal), parsley root (1 piece - 24 kcal), onions (2 medium heads - 60 kcal), well, water itself (one and a half liters - zero kcal). It is clear that much in such calculations is conditional, since the concept of “average size” is interpreted differently by different people. Still, that count is fine.
Total in your broth turned out to be 672 kcal. It remains only to divide into portions. Or remember and keep in mind when doing the final calculation of the calorie content of the soup, including the energy value of all the components with which you season the broth. You will see their calorie content in the standard table.
Step 2
Weigh everything! That is, literally everything that you put in the soup. And then correlate all the components with the food calorie tables. Usually, they indicate kcal per 100 g of the product, but some tables also indicate other weight measures (for example, a glass, a tablespoon, and the same average value). Having calculated the amount of kcal, determine how many servings you will distribute the soup, and do the division.
Step 3
You can simplify the counting process by using the calorie calculator, which you can download on the Internet. Or by accessing an online calorie calculator. For example, here:
However, you still have to weigh the products (or at least estimate their weight by eye).
Step 4
Since many today are engaged in calculating the calorie content of food, including soups, tables have appeared on the Internet in which you can see the energy value of ready-made meals. The numbers indicated in them mean 100 g of the product. So you can see the approximate calorie content of some soups here: https://www.kalor.ru/table_kalor, as well as on similar resources, of which there are many on the Internet today.
