{"id":2446,"date":"2020-09-09T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loadsofrecipes.co.uk\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2020-09-09T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T20:09:00","slug":"a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loadsofrecipes.co.uk\/latest-news\/a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie\/","title":{"rendered":"A calorie is not a calorie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So a calorie is not a calorie? I’ve stolen the title from the Dr Greger from Nutrition Facts<\/a>, it’s not something I would previously subscribed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My understanding of calorie control has always been a simple in\/out equation. If you burn more than you consume then all good, you can eat what you want when you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently and unfortunately (especially as we get older) this is too simple a view of things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s hard to get facts even on the internet but the large body of evidence points at epic fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not a physiologist so this is my understanding of how it all works and why most diets ultimately fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A calorie is not a calorie” kind of makes sense when you think about it. To fulfill my count I need roughly 2000 calories a day<\/a>, that allows me to lose weight. If I’m active or maintain if I’m sitting on my ass working from home all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can get calories from poor food that won’t give me fibre, protein, fat (very important) and carbs. Or I can fill my body full of sugars!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I opt for the latter I will not feel full, get a sugar high and feel hungry again. This I believe leads to over eating for many (including me, I’ve done it plenty of times).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not suggesting we all eat 2000 calories of carrot, spinach and tomatoes. Apart from anything else our stomachs couldn’t hold that much volume to fulfill the calorie count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you are watching calorie consumption surely you give yourself the best chance of success by maintaining balance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this is why those eat what you want\/reward diets fail. Ultimately you end up feeling hungry because you are not getting the right type of food. As oppossed to enough food to satisfy what you need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An app helps initially to understand more about what is in our food. I used myfitnesspal<\/a> initially to educate myself, took a couple of months now I don’t need to. Other apps are available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rant over…back in my bubble of one, covid makes this more difficult so look after yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So a calorie is not a calorie? I’ve stolen the title from the Dr Greger from Nutrition Facts, it’s not something I would previously subscribed to. My understanding of calorie control has always been a simple in\/out equation. If you burn more than you consume then all good, you can eat what you want when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.askyr.com\/loadsofrecipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}