explain calories 2018

Calories

Calories is a nothing but just a unit of energy.

From where we get the calories?

We get calories from macro nutrient that is protein, carbohydrate and fat. 1 gram of protein contain 4 calories, one gram of carbohydrate contain 4 calories and one gram of fat contain 9 calories. 

If you want to know detail information about macros check out the link protien ( https://bit.ly/2E3aNGe ), carbohydrate ( https://bit.ly/2zFMoSq ), fat ( https://bit.ly/2QlbjoM )

Why we require calories?

Calories means energy so we require energy in every movement of our life for example to beat our heart our body require energy and also to think, to walk, to talk, to breath, your exercise everywhere energy is require.

How much calories we require per day or what is our maintenance calories?

See it depend person to person like height, age, weight, sex, general health. It is very difficult to check exact maintenance calories to check exact maintenance calories you will have to track each and every activates you perform per day.

 But you can check your maintenance calories on google by typing ‘BMR calculator’ you have to fill your age, height and weight that will give you a rough figure means that will not the exact but it will be approximate number.

What if we don’t eat or don’t intake the calories

If you stop eating so now you are not getting calories or energy from food. Now your body will start using your stored fat and muscle as a source of energy. This is not healthy many people do fasting to lose weight that is not good for health.

What is maintenance calories?

Maintenance calories is a daily calories require to maintain your body weight.

 Calories are game changer

You have to focus on your calories if want to loss fat or you want to gain muscle for example is your maintenance calories is 2000 than for fat loss you should be calories deficit means you can take approximately 1500 to 1700 and to gain muscle you can take approximately 2500 to 2800.

But keep in mind your macros and micro nutrient must be proper.

One more important point to remember. I’ll explain with you with the example a burger contain 500 calories and your maintenance calories is 2000 you can eat 4 burger per day and survive. wait but that’s not a healthy way you have to take proper your macros and micro nutrient.

Lest recap what we read

  ü What is calories?

  ü Why we require calories?

  ü How much calories we require per day or what is our maintenance calories? 

  ü What if we don’t eat or don’t intake the calories

  ü What is maintenance calories?

  ü Calories are game changer