The Mid Autumn Festival is here again! If you are a big fan of mooncakes, you might want to exercise moderation when consuming these sweet treats.Size certainly is deceiving when it comes to the amount of sugar and calories thats packed in these mooncakes.
- Durian Mooncake (1 serving)
calories: 819 - Mooncake, Yam Pastry (176g) (1 serving)
calories: 799 - Mooncake, Snow Skin With Lotus Seed Paste (264g) (1 serving)
calories: 983, - Mooncake, Baked With Lotus Seed Paste (188g) (1 serving)
calories: 716,But wait… if the above has:one salted egg yolk has 790 calories.
two salted egg yolks, that’s 890 calories.
four salted egg yolks, you’re looking at 975 calories!
(Source: HPB)
Most of the calories that come from mooncakes are from sugar. One mooncake can have as much as 15 teaspoon of sugar! (75 grams)
A persons daily average calorie consumption is about 2500 calories.
One moderately intense jogging session at 11km/hr speed for 20 mins burns only 300 calories (approx. depending on your BMR).
So you’ll probably need to jog for more than an hour at 11km/hr to burn off one mooncake.
So take it easy on those little treats especially if you are watching your weight.
Daniel Ho is a Certified Sports Nutritionist (USSA), Certified Personal Trainer (ACE) and fitness enthusiast with over 10 years of training experience. At the time of writing, Daniel is working as a Product Manager for a large Multi-National Corporation. Having worked in the
corporate environment for over seven years with a
typical nine to five (sometimes longer) schedule, he
understands the struggle that most people have in
order to stay fit and healthy...