The calories of food
Our body is always not only in constant movement, but it is always working, and precisely so that all those chemical reactions that take place between the cells and allow us to do all the activities that we carry out daily, our body spends a certain amount of money. kilocalories, that we take from food.
This means that we depend on the energy contained in the food to survive, because if it were not for these we could not continue living.
Usually this energy is expressed in calories, which comes to mean the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilo of water by 1ยบ, which is why it is much more correct to talk about kilocalories.
The calories of food
Foods tend to be divided into three types depending on the different and different nutrients they provide, which are: carbohydrates, proteins Y fats.
In this case, both carbohydrates and proteins tend to provide about 4 calories per gram, while as we can imagine, fats reach 9 calories per gram. And that is precisely why, and as many exertos defend, the ideal is that fats and carbohydrates provide 30 and 55% of our daily energy, respectively.
Why do we get fat when we eat too many calories?
They say that energy is neither created nor destroyed, but transformed. It is for this main reason why, if every day we eat a quantity of foods that tend to offer an energy superior to the one we spend, we tend to begin to gain weight.
This means that the best way to lose weight is to convert the excess energy into heat so that it is eliminated, and this is achieved by daily exercise and keeping us active.
The calories of food
But how many calories do foods have? And in how many groups can we divide the food? We offer you a special guide from which you can know the Food calories divided by group.
Remember that this post will be updated as we expand the list of Food calories:
- Calories from oils, fats and sauces
- Calories of fruits
- Calories of nuts
- Calories of eggs
