TRUE or false: One mooncake contains a whopping 1,000 calories?

你吃月饼了吗？？
你喜欢那些月饼呢？
传统的，还是新式的呢？
可别吃太多哦！热量可不少。。
别让月亮盒月饼笑和你和它们一样圆！！

除了適量的食用月饼外，
泡壺老人茶或吃些柚子幫助熱量代謝，異有益健康

Here are some of the moon cakes I have tried so far.....

I love this!
The design on the mooncake is cute...
I am thinking of buying other flavors too ..
but cannot eat too much ... oh well.


这是买给婆婆 的。。。
Pastry's too flaky (that's kinda expected of such mooncakes)
pumpkin and yam filling lacks some oomph :P

Quite nice actually..not too oily nor sweet..
I wouldn't buy double yolk myself! too unhealthy :{
Was given by a friend..

All the above are shared among my family memebers...
But hahaah, none of them is my bro's fav..
coz he likes snowskin ones!
May get those chocolate truffle center ones for him..hehe
I am a nice sister! :P

Okay... do eat your mooncakes in moderation!
Remember not too eat too much at one sitting


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This article was dated Sept 2006..nevertheless..still worth a read!

TRUE or false: One mooncake contains a whopping 1,000 calories?

Bad news - it's true.

The Health Promotion Board's website (www.hpb.gov.sg) lists just how calorie-laden these pastries are.

• A lotus seed paste mooncake contains 716 calories
• A lotus seed paste mooncake with one salted egg yolk has 790 calories
• If it has two salted egg yolks, that's 890 calories
• If it has four salted egg yolks, you're looking at 975 calories.

The average recommended daily intake of calories is 2,500 for men and 2,000 for women, so eating an entire mooncake could take up almost half your daily quota.

Ms Cyndy Au, a regional nutritionist with a multi-national food corporation, says mooncakes are very high in calories because of their high sugar and fat content.

A lotus seed paste mooncake with two salted egg yolks contains the equivalent number of calories found in 45 teaspoons of sugar. Its total fat content of 55g is equivalent to 11 teaspoons of oil.

But she adds that it is still possible to enjoy mooncakes without guilt. As always, moderation is key.

Have just a quarter piece per day as a dessert or snack, she says. Or cut the mooncake into eighths instead of quarters, so you can enjoy more varieties.

Then, eat it slowly and savour it.

She adds that there are many lower-fat, lower-sugar mooncakes available that taste like, if not better than traditional ones.

Even low-sugar desserts can taste good, she says. "Remember, train your tongue. Tastes are acquired."