2009
31
Aug
The Role of Calories In a Nutritional Program
As far back as we probably can remember we can all usuallyrecall the word ‘calories’ when the topic of diet and weightloss is discussed in typical mainstream fitness. For some theword is infamous and generally equated with restriction. Forothers it is just a byword. This time around we will explorethat little word in a little more detail examining its role andalso the positives and negatives regarding how they can be used. First of all, what is a calorie? Without getting too technical,a calorie is a unit of heat. It takes one calorie to raise thetemperature of gram of water by degree celsius. Calories areused by our bodies for heat and energy purposes. As I’m sure youare aware of, different foods have different levels of calories.In some cases we take in more of this unit than we need to beused for energy therefore resulting in an caloric overload.Since the body cannot use these calories at that particular timethey will be stored in the form of fat. Now how can this…
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