Do beans have as much protein as beef?
Is drinking a Coke the same as eating a half dozen donuts?
Are there really six slices of bread in every bagel?
Were gonna fact check some of those nutrition memes that are always floating around.
Spoiler: if theyre shocking, theyre usually not true.
They always include cholesterol, even though the USDAno longer considerscholesterol a nutrient of concern.
Thats because cholesterol doesnt exist in the plant kingdom, so all vegan foods are naturally cholesterol-free.
So what does that look like on your plate?
It has 142 calories.
(I get my numbers fromthis Serious Eats bean investigation.)
Thats the same as a full can of black beans, drained.
Thats a 341-calorie portion, more than twice as much as the calorie count of the beef.
So these two things are not at all comparable at the dinner table.
Just be realistic about what youre eating.
Okay, so a 20 ounce soda contains 65 grams of sugar.
So why do you feel more comfortable drinking the soda than eating that many donuts?
Because these arecompletely different things.
Plenty of starch and fat, for example.
The Coke is 240 calories, because sugar is pretty much the only thing in it.
So, yes, the sugar content is the same, but nothing else is.
How much bread is in a bagel?
Six, for example.
Both contain flour, water, and not much else.
One regular bagel,according to the USDA, has 277 calories, including 55 grams of carbohydrates.
And one regular slice of breadhas 75 calories, for a ratio of 3.6 slices of bread per bagel.
Breads and bagels vary; the sandwich bread we use in my house is 90 calories per slice.
Maybe your local bagelry makes smaller or larger portions than the USDAs reference.
But thats why you went for the bagel in the first place, isnt it?
