#14 of 22 Common Nutrition Mistakes

[MamaMandee]

             

While cooking, you eyeball the oil, the salt, the sugar…

Result: More calories or sodium than you might think

Cookbooks call for swirls, coatings, even “glugs” of olive oil. Others, more precise, call for a teaspoon or tablespoon—but it saves time to just guess. Our experiments with guesswork show that most people overpour common foods and liquids.  The difference between a teaspoon and tablespoon of any oil is 80 calories and 9g of fat. The difference between a half-teaspoon and a teaspoon of salt is about 1,200 milligrams—half the daily recommendation.

What to do: Measure.

[reneawesley]

I always measure.

[darbyakeep45]

I always eyeball:)

[mypbandj]

I mostly measure. Sometime I eyeball.

[MamaMandee]

I eyeball too. 

[Krysden]

sometimes I measure, sometimes I don't. 

[sweetmissy_05]

I always measure.