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Americans consumed 20 billion hot dogs in 1999
- 7 billion of them were eaten between Memorial Day and
Labor Day
- 26 million hot dogs are sold in the major-league
base-ball stadiums each year
The average beef wiener contains:
150 calories
13 grams of fat
400 milligrams of sodium
5 grams of protein
The
average hot dog with bun, mustard and ketchup contains:
285 calories
14.5 grams of fat
1,025 milligrams of sodium
8 grams of protein
(source:
National Hot Dog and Sausage Council)
PHOTO: Rachel Elbaum
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C
O F F E E
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54 per cent of adults in the US drink coffee every day; that's
110 million people-
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Men drink more coffee than women: 1.9 cups versus 1.4
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the average cup size is nine ounces
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62 per cent of coffee drinkers add sweetner and/or cream to
their coffee
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62 per cent of coffee is consumed at breakfast, 22 per cent
between meals, and 16 per cent at lunch and dinner
(source:
National Coffee Drinking Trends Survey, National Coffee Association)
The
average plain cup of coffee has 5 calories and no fat.
An eight-ounce cupf of java contains 135 milligrams of caffeine.
A 12-ounce Coca-Cola has 45 milligrams, and a Hershey bar
has 10 milligrams of caffeine.
PHOTO:
Julia Apostle
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