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It takes 3.14 pounds of celery to make up 200 calories. Why measure 200? "We could have chosen any amount of calories for this project, but we wanted something that gave tangible volumes for the entire range of items," WiseGeek's team wrote. "We felt that 100 Calories of butter or oil would have yielded diminutive portion sizes; on the other hand 500 calories of celery would have been virtually incomprehensible."
Photo by: Wisegeek.com
It takes 3.14 pounds of celery to make up 200 calories. Why measure 200? "We could have chosen any amount of calories for this project, but we wanted something that gave tangible volumes for the entire range of items," WiseGeek's team wrote. "We felt that 100 Calories of butter or oil would have yielded diminutive portion sizes; on the other hand 500 calories of celery would have been virtually incomprehensible."