** Are the calories our "friends" or "enemies"? **

Did you know that the ** Kilocaloria (1000 calories) ** is the unit with which we measure the energy contained in the food we eat? - We could define ** Kilocaloria ** as ** the amount of energy to be applied to 1 liter of water to increase its temperature. **

The human being uses that energy for its vital functions as: organic functioning; generate heat; motion; etc And that the excess energy we eat and that we do not spend will accumulate it in the form of fat? - The main sources of that energy are as follows.

** Source **** Kilocalories x gram ** Fat9alcohol7 Carbonate 4 Proteins4 The 2 main sources of kilocalories in meals are fats and alcohol, so that the intake in rich meals in these 2 sources must be the first to be reduced against some “methods” (which they usually have as their intended one to sell books against our health) Meals carbohydrates.

** Daily Caloric Balance. **

At the end of the day we consume a number "X" and we spend a "y" number of kcalorios can happen:

1. We take ** more ** kcalories we spend = we will accumulate fat and gain weight.
2. If we ingest the ** themselves ** kcalories that we spend = we will keep in our weight.
3. If we consume ** less ** kcalories we spend = we will lose weight

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** How much is my expense and how much and how should I eat? **

As each person is unique, he eats different and has different life habits, his weight control program must be fully individualized.

In any case, any weight loss program must respect the following premises:

• Increase daily caloric expenditure through the practice of physical exercise.
• Reduce daily caloric intake controlling the quantity and quality of our meals.

CONCLUSION

The calories are ** friends **. They are our energy source so they are necessary to live. The dangerous (in order to gain weight) is to ingest more calories than we spend. We must improve our eating habits and perform physical exercise to control that our caloric balance is adequate. If you want to know more, click on [Link] (https://cuidateplus.marca.com/alimentacion/diccionario/calorias.html). [! [Lose animae weight] (https://animae.es/storage/79/perder-peso-animae-1024x322.jpg)] (https://blog.animae.es/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/perder-peso-animae.jpg)