We must know that each food has a certain dose of calories. But we are still stuck with a dose of visual, that food portions or small volume certainly has fewer calories. Perception is not always true because the mini-sized foods such as sweets or canned food actually has a very high calorie. Because not only the volume of packaging that becomes a benchmark we want to look for food when a small but gives a sense of full longer. Mayo Clinic says there are at least two factors that also must be our attention every time you want to measure the calories in food, namely:

The water content: Many fruits and vegetables high water content. This is why both these foods have a large volume. Wine for example, 90 percent is water and only 38 calories calories. Or a bowl of carrot menggandung 88 percent water with 52 calories.

Fiber: Foods high in fiber – such as vegetables, fruits, and whole grains – not only makes the volume more dense but also more time to digest. This means that will make us full longer. From now on not only BASED on the portion but also the existing content in the diet. For water and fiber are two things that help digestion or metabolism in the body. So start making sure that our diet foods contain both