Monday, February 8, 2010

True or False? Calories are Calories no matter what food it is from?

True or False? Calories are Calories no matter what food it is from?True or False? Calories are Calories no matter what food it is from?
true its always calories no matter what it isTrue or False? Calories are Calories no matter what food it is from?
1. I've made no attempt to judge the foods in terms of ';quality'; of calories. Judging strictly from the table, carrying (and consuming) nothing but olive oil (240 calories per ounce) appears efficient. But one must consider overall nutrition as well. ';Efficient'; foods tend to be high in fats and simple carbohydrates. Our bodies need them, but our bodies need other things too, such as protein, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and essential amino acids.





2. As a general rule fats contain approx. 9 calories per gram (255 calories per ounce), while carbohydrates and protein both contain approx. 4 calories per gram (113 calories per ounce).





3. The given weights do not include packaging. Some foods (e.g. Jiffy-Pop Popcorn) generally have heavier containers that others (e.g. Ramen noodles). Adjust your strategy accordingly.





4. Many of the foods listed can be made more caloric by preparing the food as instructed on the package and adding, for example, margarine and milk. (Kraft Mac %26amp; Cheese is a good example). The calories listed here do not include those extras.';


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True.
Well, in a true sense that is a truism, but just as gas is gas, you can fuel your car with different grades of gas and you can fuel your body with different grades of calories.





The way the car handles the different grades of gas is the same as the way our bodies handle different grades of caloric fuel.





Our body stores some calories as fat, some as carbs and some as sugars. Sugars burn fast and then we run on empty, carbs burn longer and more efficiently and fat burn slowly.





The energy stored in food is measured in terms of calories.





Technically, 1 calorie is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Centigrade. The calorie measure used commonly to discuss the energy content of food is actually a kilocalorie or 1000 real calories. This is the amount of energy required to raise 1 kilogram of water (about 2.2 pounds) 1 degree Centigrade.





Different foods contain different amounts of energy -- which is why a small piece of chocolate can have many more calories than a similarly sized piece of lettuce.





However, since calories are a measure of energy, there cannot be, as some diet books claim, different types of calories. A fat calorie has the same amount of energy as a protein or carbohydrate calorie.





A person's caloric need is determined using a variety of mathematical equations. Age, height, current weight, desired weight, and height are taken into account.

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