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Fitness Tips For 6/28/2006
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Calories and Energy
A calorie is a measurement of the energy contained in food.
Different foods contain different amounts of calories.
Proteins and carbohydrates contain approximately 4 calories
per gram, and fats 9 calories. Fats are obviously the most
efficient fuel when it comes to caloric density, but this
also makes them undesirable if you are on a low-calorie
program for fat reduction.
If you take in more calories than the body can burn off, the
excess is stored as fat (adipose cells) distributed throughout
the body. It doesn't matter whether the excess is protein,
carbohydrate, or fat-the body breaks it down and stores it
against a time when the body will require more energy than
provided by food intake. At this point, the fat in the
adipose cells will be retrieved and metabolized to make up
the difference.
If your body has all of the nutrients it needs to function
optimally, and if you are eating at least the maximum
quantity of the various foods required at any given time
by your digestive and energy-producing systems, fat gain
and fat loss is a matter of simple arithmetic:
* Eating 3,500 calories more than you need = 1 pound gained
* Eating 3,500 calories less than you need = 1 pound lost
But most diets unfortunately do not take these factors into
consideration, and therefore a number of undesirable things
can happen:
1. The body can begin to metabolize muscle tissue
2. The body's ability to metabolize fat can be impaired.
3. Various vitamin or mineral deficiencies can occur.
4. The energy output of the body can be impaired.
5. A number of physical and psychological symptoms can be
experienced.
Because of the possibility that these problems can occur,
any diet regimen (whether for gain or loss) has to take
into account the body's need for certain nutritional
minimums and for a relative balance of various foods in
the daily food intake.
