Calories :: THE answer to changing your body.

There is one sure-fire way to manipulate your body:
by consuming more or less food.

Think about it.

How can we get bigger or smaller?
The biggest factor is what we put in our body.
It is really hard to change, if your diet does not change.

Calories are the measurement we use to understand
how much ENERGY we are putting into our bodies.
Calories measure the only 3 MacroNutrients humans
can use to fuel our bodies. These MacroNutrients are
Carbohydrates, Protein, and Fat.

Each MacroNutrient has a different amount of calories per gram.
Carbohydrates and protein have approximately 4 calories per gram.
Fat has 9 calories per gram.
As you can see gram-for-gram, you can eat more than double the
carbohydrates to equal the same amount of fat.


Example: if you eat 100 grams of a carbohydrate (say grapes) and 100 grams of fat (say blue cheese), you would consume 400 calories of carbohydrate and 900 calories of fat. This is not to say the quality of food is not important, it sure is! ...And will be discussed in future blog posts here ;)

The best way to lose or gain weight is a combination of diet and exercise.

The human body needs a base amount of food to give the body enough energy.

Everyone needs a certain amount of energy to survive and function without dizziness, illness, lack of concentration, and irritability, meanwhile staying energized and focused.

We all need to find our own individual balance of the right foods and exercise to make us feel good.

Catch the next blog on how many calories are needed to survive, and get a tool to measure how many calories you need.

To Good Health.
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