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24th May 2007, 6:55pm
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#1 | | Rhymenocerous
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| Calorie converter thing
Hey does anyone know of a (free) UK based website than tells you the calories of common every day food and brand named food? I have used Nutracheck which is really good but it costs quite a bit. | 
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24th May 2007, 6:56pm
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#2 | | Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 11,691
| Re: Calorie converter thing
I have a couple textbooks that do if you can't find a decent website. | |
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24th May 2007, 7:02pm
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#3 | | Fattly Drawn Boy Editor
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| Re: Calorie converter thing
You can easily work out the calories in food.
Give vowels the value "2" and consonants the value "1.5", using these numbers "add up" the letters in the name of the food, multiply by ten and there's your calorie content.
(If the food is milk or cheese based add on another 25%, if it's been fried add on another 80%)
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24th May 2007, 8:07pm
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#4 | | Chew you up, spit you out
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Airstrip One
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| Re: Calorie converter thing
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Originally Posted by LesMTS  You can easily work out the calories in food.
Give vowels the value "2" and consonants the value "1.5", using these numbers "add up" the letters in the name of the food, multiply by ten and there's your calorie content.
(If the food is milk or cheese based add on another 25%, if it's been fried add on another 80%) | This pizza has only 19 calories! The weight'll just slide off! | |
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24th May 2007, 8:08pm
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#5 | | Fattly Drawn Boy Editor
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| Re: Calorie converter thing
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Originally Posted by Semprini This pizza has only 19 calories! The weight'll just slide off! | I make it 162.5 calories.
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24th May 2007, 8:20pm
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#6 | | Chew you up, spit you out
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| Re: Calorie converter thing
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Originally Posted by LesMTS I make it 162.5 calories. | Shit, forgot the multiply by ten.
p - 1.5
i - 2
z - 1.5
z - 1.5
a - 2
Total = 8.5
Multiply by ten = 85
I'm using the cheese multiplier, so 1.25 x 85 = 106.25
And since there's a chippy nearby, and I'll assume I got the fried one from there, so that's another 80%
1.8 x 106.25 = 191.25 | |
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24th May 2007, 8:22pm
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#7 | | Fattly Drawn Boy Editor
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| Re: Calorie converter thing
That's right. I went badly wrong somewhere.
Edit: I counted consonants as threes, it seems
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24th May 2007, 8:29pm
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#8 | | STEVE HOLT!
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| Re: Calorie converter thing
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/ has a pretty big database but isn't free. | |
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24th May 2007, 8:50pm
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#10 | | its all funkytastic
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Kingdom
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| Re: Calorie converter thing
sent ya a rather large PM
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