{"id":3908,"date":"2025-02-11T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movewithnicole.com.au\/blog\/visualizing-100-calories-across-various-vegetables.html"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:56:25","slug":"visualizing-100-calories-across-various-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/health\/visualizing-100-calories-across-various-vegetables.html","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing 100 Calories Across Various Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got some time on your hands? We hope so, because if you\u2019re trying to eat 100 calories of most vegetables, you\u2019re going to need to chomp down on a whole lot of food.<\/p>\n

Just look at the bowl of spinach below to see what we mean \u2014 it takes an impressive 14 cups to even get close\u00a0to 100 calories.<\/p>\n

For some snacks and most desserts, it\u2019s pretty easy to overdo it and eat way more than 100 calories in a sitting.<\/p>\n

And even though\u00a0nuts have a ton of benefits, those add up to\u00a0100 calories pretty quickly, too.<\/p>\n

But with vegetables, you can eat a LOT of them without worrying about how many calories they contain.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what makes them such a great food for weight loss: You can eat a lot of them, they fill you up, but they don\u2019t weigh you down with calories.<\/p>\n

With all of that in mind, we created this handy visual guide that shows what 100 calories of different types of raw vegetables looks like.<\/p>\n

This will help you understand how many veggies you can eat for a shockingly few amount of calories!<\/p>\n

100 Calories of Spinach<\/h2>\n

14 cups spinach (about 15 oz.) = 97 calories<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

100 Calories of Bell Peppers<\/h2>\n

3 medium bell peppers = 93 kcal<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Mushrooms<\/h2>\n

25 medium mushrooms = 99 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Brussels Sprouts<\/h2>\n

13 Brussels sprouts = 106 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Kale<\/h2>\n

13 cups (about 9.6 oz.) = 96 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Beets<\/h2>\n

3 medium beets = 105 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Corn<\/h2>\n

\u2154 cup corn = 107 caloriesAs a starchy food, you don\u2019t get quite as much volume of corn for 100 calories as you do with most veggies.<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Asparagus<\/h2>\n

32 medium spears asparagus = 102 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Eggplant<\/h2>\n

5 cups chopped eggplant = 102 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Celery<\/h2>\n

18 medium celery stalks = 101 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Cauliflower<\/h2>\n

3\u00be cup chopped (about \u00bd large) = 100 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Artichoke<\/h2>\n

1\u00bd medium artichokes = 90 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Broccoli<\/h2>\n

5 cups broccoli florets = 99 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Potato<\/h2>\n

\u00be small potato = 98 caloriesAs a starchy food, you don\u2019t get quite as much potato for 100 calories as with most veggies.<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Cucumber<\/h2>\n

2\u00bc cucumbers = 102 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Lettuce<\/h2>\n

1 head romaine = 106 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Green Bean<\/h2>\n

58 green beans = 99 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Carrot<\/h2>\n

4 medium carrots = 100 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories Zucchini<\/h2>\n

3 medium zucchini = 100 calories<\/p>\n

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100 Calories of Zucchini<\/h2>\n

0.85 cup peas = 100 caloriesAs a starchy food, you don\u2019t get quite as much volume of peas for 100 calories as you do with most veggies.<\/p>\n

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Veggies and Weight Loss<\/h2>\n

When you\u2019re trying to lose weight,\u00a0volume\u00a0is the name of the game, and vegetables are the MVP.<\/p>\n

You can eat a large volume of veggies that will satisfy you, even though they don\u2019t pack in a ton of calories.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because veggies are filled with water and fiber \u2014 both of which help you feel full \u2014 and stay full for a while.<\/p>\n

Consider how much fuller you might feel after eating 100 calories of lettuce (that\u2019s one heck of a lot of salad) compared to how you might feel after nibbling a 100-calorie morsel of cookie.<\/p>\n

Or, think about snacking on three whole bell peppers versus 10 cashews\u2026both of which give you about 95 calories.<\/p>\n

Plus, if you\u2019re busy chomping down on 18 celery stalks, you\u2019ll have less time to eat said cookie, which can also help with weight loss.<\/p>\n

The Best Ways to Eat Veggies<\/h2>\n

Unless your name is Popeye, you probably don\u2019t want to chow down on 14 cups of raw spinach.<\/p>\n

Instead, try cooking the vegetables that have an enormous volume for 100 calories to make it more manageable.<\/p>\n

This releases some of the water in vegetables, making them, in effect, shrink.<\/p>\n

That means the daunting 14 cups of spinach will reduce to about two cups of cooked spinach.<\/p>\n

The 25 raw button mushrooms it takes to get to 100 calories, when chopped and saut\u00e9ed, will reduce to less than one cup of mushrooms.<\/p>\n

Yes, this removes some of the water we mentioned before, but you\u2019ll still benefit from the fiber and other nutrients. Plus, it means you\u2019ll be more likely to eat it.<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget the seasonings. Use\u00a0herbs and spices\u00a0to add delectable flavor to vegetables.<\/p>\n

Try fresh or dried parsley, thyme, rosemary, or tarragon, or a sprinkle of curry, cumin, paprika, garlic powder, and even cinnamon and nutmeg.<\/p>\n

Not only will you want to eat your veggies, a\u00a0study\u00a0shows that you might actually end up eating more of them.<\/p>\n

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Got some time on your hands? We hope so, because if you\u2019re trying to eat 100 calories of most vegetables, you\u2019re going to need to chomp down on a whole lot of food. Just look at the bowl of spinach below to see what we mean \u2014 it takes an impressive 14 cups to even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozhelp.org.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}