About Dieting
Dec. 1st, 2004 10:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslHowStuffWorks on Calories
What they didn't explain:
How do people measure the energy content of food? Can they measure it by using it as fuel?
How do they estimate how much energy you spend on a physical activity?
One reflection: while warming food makes it more energetic, burning it invariably makes it less energetic (or browning bread).
I would very much like a machine that keep track of my energy intake & spending, but such technology still seems far away.
I calculated my Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) to be 1825.5 Calories / day, but does this mean my energy expenditure if I do nothing but breathe? Should I simply add exercise expenditures on top of this amount?
What they didn't explain:
How do people measure the energy content of food? Can they measure it by using it as fuel?
How do they estimate how much energy you spend on a physical activity?
One reflection: while warming food makes it more energetic, burning it invariably makes it less energetic (or browning bread).
I would very much like a machine that keep track of my energy intake & spending, but such technology still seems far away.
I calculated my Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) to be 1825.5 Calories / day, but does this mean my energy expenditure if I do nothing but breathe? Should I simply add exercise expenditures on top of this amount?