Over the years there have been a number of diet and nutrition programs that are based around counting Calories. While the Calorie is a necessary measure to help us understand how much food we’re putting into our bodies, is it the best way for us to be tracking our food consumption?
When it comes to counting Calories, there is much more than meets the eye. Yes, all Calories are Calories, but not all Calories are created equal. And in this 3 part series we pick apart why it is that what you THINK you’re eating and what you’re ACTUALLY eating are two very different quantities.
In this episode of Counting Calories (part #1) we discuss…
- What is a Calorie, after all?
- How nutrition labels can be deceiving
- What nutrients burn more Calories when you digest them
- How you only use part of the nutrients you ingest
- So much more…
