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Dieting tips

A low calorie weight loss regime

In short, a low calorie weight loss regime depends on the fact that if you intend to get rid of some fat, it is essential to eat fewer calories than your body normally needs.

What is a calorie?
The calorie is a unit for measuring food's ability to produce heat and energy. A food calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise one cubic centimeter of water by one degree centigrade. If a food type contains more calories, then it will turn into more energy to use when your body converts it.

Low calorie foods include fresh green beans, bell pepper, water melon, steaks and burgers, and bamboo shoots.








Toasted Sunflower Seeds Recipe
Toasted Sunflower Seeds Category Nut Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 c Sunflower seeds

1 ts Oil, if desired

1/4 ts Salt, if desired

Preheat oven to 325 F (slow). Mix sunflower seeds with oil only if salt is used. Spread plain or oiled seeds on baking sheet. Bake about 8 minutes or until lightly browned. (Watch carefully, these seeds brown quickly.) Sprinkle oiled seeds with salt while hot. Calories per tablespoon: About 20 with oil, 15 without oil Source: FOOD -- by U.S. Department of Agriculture Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

 
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