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A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g
Examples of gram in a Sentence
Gram laid the foundation of critical history in Denmark.
The chief crops raised are rice, gram, millet, beans, peas, sesamum and tobacco.
The principal units of length, weight and volume are the metre, gramme (or gram) and litre.
An asprin tablet weighs approximately one gram.
One carat is defined as one-fifth of a gram or 200 milligrams, roughly the weight of a single dollar bill.
Peas, beans, lentils, gram, maize, millet, are also universally cultivated, and exported, from the Persian Gulf ports to India and the Arabian coast.
One carat is divided into 100 points, with five carats making up a gram.
As a companion to his book on the Atkins carb counter diet, Dr. Atkins has published the New Carbohydrate Gram Counter.
Carbohydrates and proteins have four calories per gram.
Fats are more energetically dense, and have nine calories per gram.
A one cup serving has no fat or cholesterol, 28 milligrams of sodium, 2 grams of dietary fiber and one gram of protein.
That figures translates into 520 calories a day, based on 4 calories per gram.
Use a good fat gram calculator to determine how much fat you are already consuming in a day, then make adjustments to meet your dietary goals.
While protein and carbohydrates contain a modest four calories per gram, fat contains a hefty nine.
If a label states that a food contains 27 grams of carbohydrates, you will need to round up and consider it to contain two carbohydrate choices.For every gram of fiber that the food contains, you can subtract one gram of carbohydrate.
Each cookie has two and a half grams of fat with one gram of saturated fat.
Sugar alcohols also generally have fewer calories per gram than sugar.
While carbohydrates and proteins have four calories per gram, fat has nine.
Pajama Gram's Winter Morning Pajamas are 95 percent cotton, 5 percent spandex and run $49.95 to $54.95 depending on the size you wish to purchase.
The Stone Roses' sound has been likened to bands such as Slaughter and the Dogs, The Clash, Gram Parsons, The Seeds, and some consider their music to have paved the way for '90s sensation Oasis.
With each flower producing only three stigmas, you can imagine the volume needed to produce even one gram of the spice.
I paid $12.50 for a 10 gram jar with the brush included.
It weighs in at a whopping nine calories per gram.
If you're trying to lose weight, you'll be happy to learn that each piece of sugar-free gum has three calories and one gram of carbohydrates.
The Lafuma Warm 'n Light 800 gram junior sleeping bag comes in acid green and retails for $99.95.
The Gram stain is performed on a sediment of the CSF and is positive in at least 60 percent of cases of bacterial meningitis.
They take on the red color of the counterstain used in the Gram stain procedure.
Similarly, infections with a number of gram negative bacteria (such as those in the gastrointestinal tract that can cause infection following aspiration) have a death rate of 25 to 50 percent.
The levels used are about 0.5 gram iron/kg dry cereal.
The bacterium can be grown on chocolate agar or identified by blood cultures or Gram stain of body fluids.
A urinary level greater than 0.05 mg iodine per gram of creatinine (another metabolite excreted in urine) indicates adequate iodine status.
Material from the swab is put on a microscope slide and stained using a procedure called Gram's stain.
Gram stain-A staining procedure used to visualize and classify bacteria.
The Gram stain procedure allows the identification of purple (gram positive) organisms and red (gram negative) organisms.
Gram is the name of a stain that distinguishes broad classes of bacteria.
Treatment depends on whether the rot is caused by a gram positive or gram negative bacterial infection, but that's very difficult for the home aquarium buff to determine.
Oranges may be the classic vitamin C carrier, but black currant has four times the amount of vitamin C per gram.
Experts recommend that you take no more than one gram of protein per pound of body weight per day.
Strawberries - These tasty fruits contain a slightly higher concentration of vitamin C per gram.
Students can purchase a candy gram at school and send it to their friends for 25 cents.
The carat is the unit of measure for diamond size, with one carat being equivalent to 200 milligrams, or one-fifth of a gram.
The Jules flour also offers less nutritional value with only one gram of protein and only 2 percent iron.
Since one gram of fat contains 9 calories, while one gram of protein or carbohydrate contain 4 calories, it makes perfect sense to cut back on the number of fat grams constituting a meal in order to cut back on total caloric intake.
Similarly, for a food to be labeled "low saturated fat", a serving must contain 1 gram or less of saturated fat and no more than 15% of calories from saturated fat.
Keep in mind that if you are also counting calories, that one gram of fat has nearly twice the calories of a gram or protein or carbohydrate.
Typically, the ketogenic diet guideline is 3-4 grams of fat to every gram of carbohydrate and protein.
The normal recommended calorie intake is 75-100 calories for every 2.2 pounds of body weight, making sure to include 1 gram of protein per 2.2 pounds of body weight as a part of the caloric intake.
Eat normally, but make sure to add a 200 calorie serving of mackerel (30 mcg), 78 grams (3/4 cup) of Kellogg's All-Bran with Extra Fiber (19 mcg) and a 23 gram (1 cup) serving of New England dry clam chowder mix (9 mcg).
The tuna can tells you that you have 160 calories with 38 grams of protein and zero fat carbs and half a gram of fat.
A 40 gram serving should be just about 160 calories, and having it before bed is not a problem since protein does not affect your blood sugar.