CALORIES

A calorie is a measure of heat. It is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of water by one degree centigrade. When we speak of calories in food, we are talking about a measure of the energy-producing value of a specific food,

IF YOU EAT MORE CALORIES THAN YOU EXPEND, THE EXCESS WILL BE STORED AS FAT IN THE FAT CELLS OF YOUR BODY.

On the other hand if you expend more calories than you consume, the body cells upon the stored fat to provide energy and you lose weight. Someone able to maintian a centain weight consistenty has achieved a precise balance between the number of calories eaten and the bumber of calories burned through a combination of metabolic and physical activity. For example, if you take in 2,400 calories of food and burn off 2,400 calories throughout the day, your body weight will remain constant. But, if you eat 2,400 calories each day and burn off only 2,300, you will have 100 calories left over. Those excess calories will be stored as fat in the fat cells of your body until they are needed. One hundred calories doesn't sound like much. But if you were to do this for 35 days, it would amount to 3,500 calories.

Physiologists have calculated that 3,500 calories constitute one pound of fat, if you accumulate one pound of fat every 35 days, by the end of the year you will have gained approximately 10 pounds.