What do 100 calories look like?
Are there 100 calories in 18 Fat Free Rold Gold Tiny Twist Pretzels or in 25? If you picked 18, you are correct. How about two dark chocolate kisses or five dark chocolate kisses -- which serving has 100 calories? Good news: You can have five kisses for 100 calories.Women's Health magazine puts readers to the 100-calorie test with this online questionnaire. Even better than my two previous questions, this survey features photos of various foods in their competing serving sizes and asks you to pick the 100-calorie portion.
Shrimp and cocktail sauce, peanuts and dried cranberries, baby carrots and hummus, bagel and doughnut portions, even McDonald's French fries are a few of the foods that make an appearance in this quiz. It's sure to help you fine-tune your snack smarts. So get started. And best wishes for a stellar test score.
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Illness and disease may not stem entirely from genetics, family history, or good old fashioned bad luck. They can also be a result of environment and lifestyle. There's no doubt about it: What we put in our bodies -- food, drinks, tobacco -- can affect our risk of developing a variety of ailments. Breast cancer is one of them.
I know, I'm springing this quiz on you with no prior warning. You had no time to prepare or study and for that, I apologize. But that's the whole point of this little test, to determine just how off-the-cuff savvy you are about a few health matters. Are you ready? Here goes.
There is definitely a difference between good stress and bad stress, and the way that you handle the bad stress will often determine if you're happy, healthy and generally well-balanced or worried, depressed and edgy. Obviously we all handle the various stresses related to work and family life differently, but have you ever wondered just how well you deal with stress?
There are all sorts of definitions of what's sexy (and when I say sexy, I mean sexy -- not sleazy). Whether you're down-to-earth, funny and easy to talk to, nice but with a naughty side or super confident and flirty, your personality will likely appeal to a range or guys.
Think you always know what the best choice is when you're eating out? Why not put that to the test?
I'm going to warn all of you ladies in your late-20s and early-30s who hope to someday have children, that taking
Maybe it's vain (alright it is vain) but the thought of getting super wrinkly as I age scares me. A lot. While I can't always afford to buy really expensive department store make-up and skin creams (there's nothing wrong with the cheaper varieties found at a drug store, right?) my one extravagance is luxurious (and pricey) eye cream. I know I'm probably falling for an elaborate marketing scheme, but I don't care -- my eye creams make me believe that I'm temporarily holding crow's feet at bay.
There are lots of debates out there on the pros and cons of alcohol consumption. Drinking definitely doesn't help with weight loss as it's full of calories, but there is also evidence that a glass or two of beer or wine can be beneficial to your health. I'm of the opinion that, while too much boozing can increase your risk or getting a number of diseases, it's likely fine, if not beneficial, in moderation.
How much do you know about healthy living, really? How you age through life has so much to do with some of the things we all take for granted, like how much sleep we get and at what age we decide to retire. Some things may even be the exact opposite of what you'd first guess, like eating sweets for one: good or bad?
Which offers more health benefits: Ketchup or Tomatoes? Seeing as ketchup is mostly sugar, I would choose tomatoes every time. But apparently it's ketchup (the organic kind), according to 











