What 200 Calories Looks Like

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[span class="mContent"]  Some foods have significantly more calories than others, but what does the difference actually [em]look[/em] like? Each of the photographs below represents 200 calories of the particular type of food; the images are sorted from low to high calorie density. The site at [a href="vny!://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm"]WiseGeek.com[/a] has a bunch of pictures of what a 200-calorie serving of various foods looks like. Below: what 200 calories of a Jack In The Box burger looks like.
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[Lise]

Kinda scary when you think about how many of these guys you eat in one sitting. Not to mention adding coke and fries and you'll end up with 1,000 or more calories. Would you believe Wendy's salad is even loaded with more calories? If you count the dressing, the bacon bits, the cheese, chicken... they all add up to far more than your average burger.

  Now excuse me while I salt my celery stick.

[kitten]

Too much salt is also unhealthy.  There is supposed to be enough natural salt in foods that you don't really need extra.

[Lise]

I live for salty food.... ok, when it comes to Chinese food, I use soy sauce in everything. That's my main weakness but yeah, you're right.... too much salt is not good for you.

[Gopher]

I using salt a year ago, now I don't notice its absence at all.

[P.C.]

I like salt too Lise.

Salt shouldn't be used just to make things salty.  If used properly in cooking, it actually draws the flavours of foods out making them more distinct and flavourful.

  Although goiter is a thing of the past here, it is still common in other parts of the world, due to the lack of iodized salt.  Before the early part of the 20th century, the most common cause of goiter was a shortage of iodine in the diet in areas where the soil was deficient in iodine. Without enough dietary iodine, your thyroid can't make and release enough of the two essential iodine-containing hormones.

  Moderation.