I am a 4'11", adult female, and I've lately been eating roughly 1000 calories a day, sometimes a little over. It's not a crash diet, I've just cut out the junk food and am eating healthier foods. I've been getting a lot of mixed signals about this, as most people...
1. High Body Fat Percentage. Having a nice set of abs is dependent on a low body fat percentage. If your body fat percentage is too high, you can do all the sit ups, crunches and leg lifts in the world, but you'll never get your abs to show. This...
In previous posts (part I, part II, part III), we dealt with energy intake and storage within the human body. In this upcoming series, we will explore the next chapter of the energy utilization process by discussing the different energy systems which make up human metabolism. All movement...
I want to gain weight (muscle). How many calories should I eat daily? Is there anything I shouldn't eat? What are "empty calories"? It is impossible to give specific advice without knowing more details (ie…height, weight, body fat %, exercise routine, etc…), so I will just lay out some general guidelines. Remember...
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...
Making a commitment to have healthier eating habits is a tough one. Knowing how to implement that commitment may be even harder. Where do you start? What foods should you eat, and which ones should you stay away from? These are all questions you should answer before going out to...
I was looking at the food label and it lists that fat has 9 kcal/gram, protein has 4 kcal/gram, and carbohydrate has 4 kcal/gram. I don’t see sugar anywhere on there. So I was wondering how many calories are there in a gram of sugar? Sugar is a form of carbohydrate,...
