YOU CAN’T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT being confronted by calories. Restaurants now print calorie counts on menus. You go to the supermarket and there they are, stamped on every box and bottle. You hop on the treadmill and watch your “calories burned” click upward.But just what are calories? The more calories we take in, the more flab we add—and if we cut back on them, then flab starts to recede too, right? After all, at face value, calories seem to be the factor by which all foods should be judged. But if that were true, 500 calories of parsnips would equal 500 calories of Double Stuf Oreos. (If you want to make the best food choices at the supermarket, drive-thru, and in your own kitchen, check out the all-new Eat This, Not That! 2012.)
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Source: Men’s Health
My Comments:
Pretty interesting article, I would suggest reading the book titled – “Why we are fat, and what to do about it” by Gary Taubes
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