Here's a short informative post about Calorie counting. I recently saw my mom calorie counting incorrectly and realized that maybe i should highlight a few things about the issue.
Now we should know by now a "calorie" is measure of energy, Technically a calorie indicates how much energy it takes to change the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.Now when one is attempting to loose weight often people start looking at how many calories are in the food they eat. They give up a lot of calories because it is popular believe that less calories equate to less weight/ weight loss. While this is true to an extent it has some loop holes. Calories are in Everything !!!!! even fruits and vegetables ! The only thing we as humans intake that has no calories whatsoever is WATER ! One thing to remember is calories are needed to complete daily activities including sleep. The average female needs about 2000 calories and the average male needs about 2000-3000 calories. That being said we need to remember that there is a difference between calories and calories from fat , the latter needs to be watched closely when you're trying to loose weight ! The suggested percentage of fat that is acceptable and healthy is 20%-30% That means for example in a 100 cal snack there should only be about 20-30 cal from fat. Keep this in mind ....Remember to try to substitute some empty calories for raw fruits and veges, increase fiber and proteins in your diet and remember, calories are not bad fat cals are :) ..... Happy weight loss or weight maintenance !
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