99% of People Can't Guess Which of These Foods Has Higher Hidden Calories! Can You?
By: Isadora Teich
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About This Quiz
There's a lot that goes into the nutrition of food, from healthy fat and unhealthy fat to calcium, fiber and more. People have been counting calories for decades, but do you know your low-calorie foods from your high-calorie foods? Sink your teeth into this HowStuffWorks quiz!
Both of these are served at Outback Steakhouse. While the Bloomin' Onion is a shared appetizer, a whole one is 1,954 calories. The FDA recommends a 2,000 calorie a day diet. The Ribeye Steak has 540 calories, roughly a quarter of this appetizer.
Large fries from McDonald's have 510 calories, while fries from Burger King of the same size have 430. McDonald's fries also have 220 grams of fat, while Burger King's have 19.
This Wendy's burger only has slightly fewer calories than an entire loaf of bread. The burger has 1,090 calories and the entire loaf of bread has 1,255.
Vegetables and fruits contain various nutrients that do different things for your body. This serving of spinach has only seven calories, while the strawberries have 47 calories.
Per serving, the Dominoes pizza has more calories than the one from Pizza Hut. This Dominoes pizza is 290 calories a slice, while Pizza Hut's large cheese pizza is 220 calories per slice.
This Subway sandwich is a caloric monster, containing 1,110 calories. The New York Strip Steak, as prepared by Outback Steakhouse, has 620 calories. This is roughly half of the sandwich.
Often salads and veggie offerings at chain restaurants are deceptively high in unhealthy fat, calories and sodium. The veggie club has 970 calories, while the turkey sub has 510.
This McDonald's sandwich weighs in at 599 calories. The entire cup of almonds has 795 calories. However, almonds contain iron, calcium, vitamin E, manganese and a whole host of nutrients that a Bacon and Cheese Quarter Pounder does not.
There are 81 calories in a small chicken leg and 86 in a chicken breast. This may not seem like much of a difference, but their sizes should be taken into consideration.