Sage originates from the countries in the Balkans and around the Mediterranean Sea. One finds Sage everywhere in Southern Europe, to a height of 800 meters and in the gardens of the Provence it is often seen. Sage is now cultivated everywhere, and is rare in the wild.
Counting the calories you eat is a little different. A gram of protein has 4 calories, as does a gram of carbohydrate. But a gram of fat has 9 calories, and a gram of alcohol has 7. There are roughly 454 grams in a pound, so: 1814 calories in a pound of pure protein or carbohydrate.
If you know how many calories you need each day, you can figure out how many grams of carbs you need: 1  Start by determining your daily calorie need and divide that number in half. That's how many calories should come from carbohydrates.  Each gram of carbohydrate has four calories.