BMR Archives - Straight Health

Do calorie calculators work?

Calorie calculators can be found on countless websites. Even Straight Health has its own calorie calculator which uses sex, weight, height, age and activity level to estimate a person's daily calorie expenditure. But are these numbers reliable and should you base your diet off of them? Formulas The answer is a...

Which BMR formula is most accurate?

Hi Jeff, this is an excellent question, and if I would be able to answer it, I would have probably won a prestigious scientific prize. BMR stands for "Basal Metabolic Rate", which is a measure of how many calories you are using when you are just "being". More specifically, it...