至尊英语阅读资料之健康与卫生专题第267集.pdfVIP

health articles 267 [6651]Cutting Calories: How Much How Often While it is easy to demonize calories and we often blame them for making us enjoy good food, we must also realize that calories nourish our body and keep us strong and healthy. While we shouldnt think of calories as the enemy, we must work to find a healthy balance of food that our body needs to thrive, and calories that are contributing to unwanted weight gain. The number of calories in the food one consumes is a measure of the number of energy units supplied which in turn keeps the body mechanism healthy. Only 4 components in food provide calories: alcohol protein, carbohydrates and fat. Minerals, Phytochemicals, Vitamins, water and fiber do not contribute calories. Cutting calories one consumes on a daily basis is the cornerstone of loosing excess weight. One pound of fat equals about 3,500 calories. This roughly translates into losing a pound a week or around 500 calories per day. Common sense tells us that restricting your calories is one of the best ways to lose weight. In order to determine your personal calorie requirement and how many calories you should cut, multiply your target weight in pounds by 12 to 15 calories. This gives the range that you can adjust for gender, age and activity levels. Now that you have an idea of your daily caloric needs, you can determine the amount and intensity of your workouts. If a person exercises three to four times per week for an hour, then the ideal weight needs to be multiplied by 15 calories. If the person is inactive and does not work out, then the ideal weight is multiplied by 13. And if one exercises for an hour every day, then it needs to be multiplied by 20. This is the calorie intake one needs to work for to maintain the ideal weight and cutting calories scheme should be framed accordingly. Refer Ms. Corinne Netzer: The Complete Book on Food Counts. It is an excellent resource for caloric intake information. The amount of ca