The Nutrients in Raw and Cooked Parsley. Use parsley more in your meals, not just as a garnish. Parsley is more than just an attractive garnish for your dinner plate and a sneaky herb that ruins a clean smile.
Energy density is the amount of energy -- as represented by the number of calories -- in a specific weight of food. Energy-dense foods have a large number of calories per serving. An example of food with high energy density is ice cream -- lots of calories from the sugar and fat that fit a small serving size. Spinach has low energy density -- there are only a few calories in a whole plateful of raw spinach leaves.
The research that we cover in this brief will support. the conclusion that replacing foods of high energy. density (high calories per weight of food) with. foods of lower energy density, such as fruits and. vegetables, can be an important part of a weight. management strategy. Extensive research has been conducted on the.