Like other fruit, the question of calories in a banana is mainly answered by one word: sugar. Sugar is 35% of the banana’s weight and is responsible for more than 50% of the calories in a banana. So let’s check out the actual calories in a banana numbers:
Small banana (101 gr, 6-7″): 90 calories in [...]
Surprisingly enough, cucumbers are actually considered fruit! That means that cucumber calories, like fruit calories are influenced by the amount of sugar in the cucumber. But unlike other fruit, the amount of sugar is not very high and the sugar counts for less than half of the cucumber calories.
Cucumber Calories (with peel)
100gr (3.5oz) - 15 [...]
Who doesn’t love grapes? I love them. But like other things I like to eat, there is always the question of the calories. In this case the calories in grapes. So how many calories do grapes have? Let’s see.
Surprisngly enough a single grapes has very few calories: only 3-4 calories.
But ask yourself: how many grapes [...]
Surprisingly enough the calories in starwberries are not extremely high. One could expect this sweet and juicy fruit to be very high in sugar and calories, but the truth is that the amount of calories in strawberries are lower than a few other types of fruit.
Can you guess the number of calories in a single [...]