Do you own a Sml measuring teaspoon? No? Then on your bike. Buy one before you even begin F2, for reasons obvious from the figures below. When it comes to undiluted fat, even a scraping counts in calories. Precision is vital. We’ve given fat units per 25g/10z and per level note that ‘level’ teaspoon. All brands of products, including the supermarkets’ own brands, supply the same number of fat units as those below.
BUTTER (including types labeled ’spreadable’) per 25g/1 oz 8
per level teaspoon …………..1 ½
GHEE per 25g/10z ….………..10
per level teaspoon …………1 ½
LOW-FAT SPREADS (e.g. Flora Light, Gold, Benecol Light) per 25g/10z . . . ……… 3 ½
per level teaspoon ………….. ½
MARGARINE, block or soft per 25g/10z………. 8
per level teaspoon …………..1 ½
OLIVE-OIL-BASED SPREADS (e.g. Olivio) per 25g/10z ………..6
per level teaspoon ……………….1
SUNFLOWER SPREAD per 25g/10z ………….6
per level teaspoon ……………1
Buy yourself a packet of favorite biscuits, keep them in the kitchen, try not to eat them. Now just how smart is that? Yet rather than side-stepping temptation, dieters often feel a kamikaze urge to fling themselves in its path will change your eating preferences, but it doesn’t happen overnight.
Meanwhile, if biscuits are what rocks your boat, deploy those few minutes it takes to resist buying them in the shop rather than whole days trying to resist eating them once they’re in the house. Here are the fat units to count if you accept a biscuit or two in a safer public situation.
Most contain unhealthy trans or saturated fats, so limit them to two a day, max. Fat units are given per biscuit unless otherwise stated
SWEET BISCUITS
BISCOTTI………….. 2
BOURBON CREAM…………..1
SMALL CHOCOLATE CHIP…………….. ½
AND NUT COOKIE………….. 1
CHOCOLATE FINGER……………1
COCONUT RING………….. 1
CUSTARD CREAM. ……………1
DIGESTIVE, CHOCOLATE, large ………………1½
DIGESTIVE, PLAIN, large……………..1
SMALL FRUIT SHORTCAKE ………..1
GINGER NUT…………… ½
ICED SHORTIE …………. ½
JAFFA CAKE…………. ½
JAM SANDWICH CREAM ………….1
LINCOLN, 2 biscuits……………. ½
MORNING COFFEE, 2 biscuits …………..½
NICE……………… ½
PETIT BEURRE……………. ½
RICH TEA……………. ½
SAVOURY BISCUITS
BREAD STICKS, 3 sticks………… ½
BUTTER PUFF. ………..1
CREAM CRACKER……….. [...] Continue Reading…
