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Purely for enjoyment (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Ah btw, why do they group fruits and veggies together? Fruits are also relatively calories dense.

And also corn, wtf. Corn is potato and beans category.

While i agree with your point (exercise or not, you'd need to change your meal plan to lose weight that keeps), that graphic has issues.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    It depends wildly on the fruit and vegetable. For example, cabbage is about 0.25 calories per gram but carrot is 0.36, and strawberries are 0.32. An apple is 0.5. (All numbers from Wolfram Alpha).

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah I do agree about the fruits, that is a little strange. Fruit would probably sit somewhere between veggies and beans. Maybe they just average it?

    I think it's just the issue of trying to simplify things. You can endlessly get into the details and end up with a monstrously complicated and useless infographic that is technically accurate. For example, even in the category of vegetables alone - carrots are technically more like potatoes, but colloquially still seen as a vegetable. And corn, despite being a grain is nutritionally more on the starchy side making that also more like potatoes.

    But if the graphic reflected all that, the basic idea would get lost.

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