Fig. 1 Calorie Requirement Chart for Men/ WomenHello weight watchers! Have you measured the calorie of the foods you ate today by jotting them down into a diet notebook or simply, remembering how much calories you already consumed? But before we discuss the calories you already have for the day, let us discover through this blog topic What is calorie anyway? And how does taking calories more than what you need affect your diet?
The calorie is a pre-SI metric unit of energy. The unit was first defined by Professor Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a unit of heat. Yet, in many countries it remains in common use as a unit of food energy.
Carbohydrates (including fiber), fats, proteins, organic acids, polyols, and ethanol contain food energy. All foods are made up of a combination of these six nutrients. Everything else in food is non-caloric, including (but not limited to) water, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, caffeine, spices and natural flavors.
The reason why calories are measured up in relevance to weight loss is that unused energy in the body becomes mostly stored as fat in the fat tissue. This can result to bulging and unsightly curves if not closely monitored.
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