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Calorie Delusion

Carol Michaels
Mar 26, 2019
1 min read

Calorie counting does not work for everyone.

A calorie is a unit of energy, but can we determine how the calorie used by the individual? Does it matter what type of food the calorie comes from? Some people will use 100 calories of pasta in a similar manner as 100 calories of an apple and some will use the calories from the apple and the pasta very differently. Although the pasta and the apple have the same number of calories, added chemicals, fiber, and sugar are part of the equation in calculating a body’s use of the food. What we have not determined is exactly how each individual digests their food. The large food industry has focused on counting calories. What they should be focusing on is how the food we are sold affects us. For example. processed foods can affect our hormone systems. I would like us to find ways to encourage food corporations to eliminate harmful chemicals in their processed foods rather than promote the illusion of weight reduction through calorie counting.

 
 
 

13 Comments


Jie
a day ago

This article on AI BG Remover really highlights why simple calorie counting can be misleading. The point about how our bodies might use 100 calories of pasta very differently from 100 calories of an apple makes perfect sense. It’s the other factors like fiber and processing that seem to matter just as much, if not more.

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龙 王
龙 王
6 days ago

I really appreciate this perspective on how not all calories are created equal. Getting rid of the processed "junk" and focusing on what's real is exactly what we should be doing. On a related note for any fitness content creators reading this, if you ever need to remove a messy background from your workout videos to make them look as clean as your diet, finding a web-based tool to export alpha channels is a lifesaver for getting professional, transparent WebM or MOV files. Great read!

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Jie
Sep 06

This article on floor plan makes a great point about how calorie counting can be misleading. I found the comparison between 100 calories of pasta and an apple particularly interesting, as it highlights that our bodies might process them very differently. Focusing on how food affects our systems, like hormones, seems like a much more important consideration.

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