Health - 3 January 2007

What is a calorie and what does my body do with it?

I understand how my body processes proteins and carbs/sugars, how that creates certain reactions that may translate to weight gain, but I don't understand what my body does when it encounters a "calorie."

I know that answers.com says, "A unit of energy-producing potential equal to this amount of heat that is contained in food and released upon oxidation by the body." I don't know what to do with that.

Can someone provide an explanation of what my body does with a calorie? How it reacts to it and how that translates to weight gain?

Thank you.

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hi had a root canal 3 months ago after a blow to the tooth, the pain is not as bad as it orginally was but i still have some senstivity in the tooth when i tap on it or rub on it.

the tooth i had root canaled is the front tooth and my dentist did not crown it, i just have it filled.

will the 'slight' pain go once i have a crown put over it?

i do have a few microfractures on the surface of the tooth due to the blow, so maybe thats why its still sensitive because it needs crowning?

a family member said she had a root canal and it took 1 year for the pain to FULLY go, would appricate some advice from people on here though, thanks.

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I have many pimples on my forhead and cheecks only. I can't get rid of them.In the morning when I just wake up they don't show but you can see lots of oil on my face.I try all kinda stuff like detol for bacteria,scrub make it worst,water with lots of salt don't even work, and I wash my face 3 times a day don't work.Can some one help me out here and give me some thing to try that is different. I would rather a home made stuff and please don't mention proactive.I think they say the oil on my face cause pimples so how to reduce ol from my face? I like myself and I think I am beautiful, but the pimples getting m crazy.Can some one help please any advice would work once its not some thing stupid.Only serious answers are needed people. I need to take off pimples some thing you sure would work.Help help help please!!!!!

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Okay, so I'm 25 and I've decided that I'm going to finally loose all this weight I've aquired from being sick. I know that from previous weight loss adventures that counting calories works for me, but i always really kept it low and I now know that it was bad for me to do that. I'm 5'4" and currently 217 pounds. I want to at least loose 40, if not 50 pounds. I don't have a whole lot of time or resources to work out, but I do walk to work, which is little under a mile from my appartment. I heard that the way to figure calories is to consume 10 calories for every pound that you weigh. Is this true? If it is, what then from that should I start subtracting from the intake so I can loose this "beer" gut that I've aquired?

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