calories
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But on birthdays, especially at Olive Garden, the calories didn’t count, and the extra Andes Mint I passed her — because I didn’t care for chocolate in my youth — could be savored.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
"Foods that are prepared outside of the home are typically higher in calories, in sugar, salt and fat."
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Before this last competition, I probably was eating 2,500 calories a day.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
He has spent millions of dollars a year on his health, taking upward of 100 supplements a day, tracking hundreds of biomarkers, and eating precisely 2,250 chef-prepared calories a day.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
But despite this apparent munificence, the meat he’d been killing was very lean, and he was consuming fewer calories than he was burning.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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