Investigation into which is the best biscuit for slimming.

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Prediction: Ryvita will be the best biscuit for slimming because it contains the lowest amount of energy content per 100g and has the lowest fat percentage (1.7 g). Another reason it would be good for slimmers is because of it's high fibre content (15.9 g). In order to lose weight, you have to take in less energy than you expend. For this reason, the lowest energy content snack, Ryvita (1319 kJ per 100g) should help the slimming process …

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…this energy would be used for daily activities. In humans, weight loss is caused by an imbalance in the amount of energy taken in compared to that that is expended. By switching biscuits from Digestive to Ryvita you can therefore technically lose the equivalent energy that you would have gained by eating a Digestive biscuit rather than a Ryvita one (more than twice as high energy content and more than twice as high fat content).