The Question: Where can I find a list of all foods that are carbohydrates? And is the grams weight? How do I convert this or should I get a scale? The Answer: Calories refer to the amount of energy a portion of food contains, while grams refer strictly to the weight of a food. But, they are related! I'm probably really confusing you now! Let's try another explanation. One gram of a particular food may have very different amounts of calories than one gram of another type of food, even though they weigh exactly the same. For example, one gram of water has virtually “zero” calories. One gram of butter has a lot more. I wouldn’t get too caught up in weighting your food however! It’s the calories that count. A gram by itself is pretty small. 455 grams is approximately equal to 1.0 lbs. 28.4 grams is equal to an ounce. In the nutrition section of fitrex, there's a link to the USDA's searchable food data base. There, you can find calorie and macronutrient information on just about any food (or carbohydrate foods) you can think of. Here is the address: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl Carbohydrate foods include most grains, breads, cereals, fruits and vegetables! |