What Causes Toenails to Thicken? Any alteration to the nail plate, nail bed, or root of the nail can result in thickening. This damage may be temporary or permanent, depending on the cause. We can add thickened toenails to the list of changes that occur with age.
Calories and Cholesterol. An average slice of commercially prepared pecan pie weighs 133 g, or nearly 5 oz., and it contains 541 calories. Pecan pie contains cholesterol from animal-derived ingredients such as milk and eggs, and a slice has 56 mg cholesterol.
MyDietBuddy.com notes that a slice of sweet potato pie made with a sugar substitute rather than brown sugar, two eggs rather than three and fat-free evaporated milk rather than half-and-half contains only 252 calories. Any or all of these substitutions can be made for a lower-calorie, lower-fat pie.