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Why You Must Understand Calories to Lose Weight

Calories, you see them talked about everywhere. Diets, for the last century, have been based around cutting calories to lose weight. But what is a calorie and how does it help you lose weight? Is it even true that cutting calories will help you lose weight? Read on and learn all about the exciting world of calories.

Technically speaking, a calorie is the amount of energy that is required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). In other words, a calorie is simply a measurement of energy. If you are familiar with physics or chemistry you probably recognize the term joule. A calorie is equal to 4.184 joules. It is important to note that when calorie information is given on a food label it is given in Kilocalories. 1 Kilocalorie is equal to 1000 calories. So a food that lists 100 calories on its label actually contains 100,000 calories or 418,400 joules of energy.

When you eat food, you take in energy in the form of foods. This food is converted in your body into necessary sugars, fatty acids and amino acids. The system works great when a person is getting the required calories that they need. The problem comes when a person gets too little or too many. If there are too few calories there will not be enough of the necessary sugars, fatty acids and amino acids for your body to function properly. The body requires these to survive and function so it will start breaking down available fat and, eventually, muscle to provide what is necessary.

If there are too many calories taken into the body they will be stored in the form of fat. The general ratio for this is 3,500 calories = 1 pound of fat. So if you take in an extra 3,500 calories a week into your body you will, by the end of the year, gain an additional 52 pounds of fat. Yuck! But, if you take in 3,500 fewer calories a week you will lose 52 pounds of fat by the end of the year. Much better!

While calories are an important part of losing weight they are not the full story. There are other elements that go into weight gain or loss. But as you are learning how to lose weight a great place to start is controlling your daily calorie intake.

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