what is the difference between fat calories and regular calories?

Answer 1

Fat calories ARE regular calories.

A calorie is merely a unit of energy. Whether or not you burn that calorie (by breathing, running, repairing cells, etc) will determine whether or not the calorie is stored in the body as fat, or is used to keep you alive.

Fat has more calories per gram than carbohydrates or protein. There are 9 calories per gram in fats, 4 grams for carbs and protein. A healthy diet should have about 30% of your calorie intake coming from fat - because there are some fat molecules that have benefits for your body. Example: Omega-3 Fatty Acids found in fish that have been shown to benefit your heart.

There's a minefield of information out there on fat calories, carb calories, bad calories, good calories. It's best to stick with the good ol' Food Pyramid to navigate them, and stay away from sites that are trying to sell you a product.

Answer 2

Calories come from three sources - fats, proteins, and carbs. To some extent, there is no difference. All calories are energy. If you consume more calories than you burn, regardless of the source, you will gain weight. You could lose weight eating nothing but fats if you burned more than you consumed.

However, fats, proteins, and carbs serve different functions, and too much fat can be bad for your overall health.

Answer 3

fat calories are the calories that the fat supply in the food
they are contained within the calories of the food, so they are not added on
no need to worry

Answer 4

fat calories are calories that makes u to get fat
regular calories are the calories ur body needed to get energy

Answer 5

For starters, fat is more "calorically dense" than carbohydrates, protein, and alcohol (the other sources of calories). That is: If you were to take a pound of fat, a pound of pure carbohydrates, a pound of pure protein, and a pound of pure alcohol...

The pound of fat would have about 4,000 calories.
The pound of carbohydrates and the pound of protein would each have about 1,800 calories.
The pound of alcohol would have about 3,100 calories. (But I'm not going to elaborate any more on alcohol here.)

So, eating an amount of fat is worse for your waistline than eating an equal amount (by weight) of carbs or protein.

Another difference is what your body does with the different sources of calories.

Carbohydrates are absorbed into your bloodstream to provide your body with energy. But if you don't use up all the energy provided by the carbohydrates you eat, the extra energy will be stored as fat.

Some carbohydrates are better than others. Sugars are the worst because they're absorbed into your bloodstream quickly and can be turned into fat if you don't use that energy in a short amount of time. Foods high in fiber are the best because fiber slows down digestion and the carbohydrates are absorbed into your bloodstream slowly, giving you more of a chance to use them. Foods low in fiber *and* low in sugar fall in between, although a lot of people these days say they're about as bad as sugary foods.

Proteins are generally used to build and replenish tissue and other structures in your body. But if you eat too much protein, the extra protein will be converted into either carbohydrates or fat by your body.

Fats typically go directly to energy storage as fat, but if you don't have enough carbohydrates to provide all of your energy needs, your body will break the fat down into carbohydrates. Also, there are several important types of fat... some are healthier than others, although I don't believe any are worse for your waistline than others.

Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are called "good" because they both lower the total amount of cholesterol and the amount of "bad" cholesterol in your body. Monounsaturated fats are extra good because they also increase the amount of "good" cholesterol in your body.

Saturated and trans fats are called "bad" because they increase the total amount of cholesterol and increase the amount of "bad" cholesterol in your body. Trans fats are extra bad because they also decrease the amount of "good" cholesterol in your body. They're artificially manufactured and often show up in packaged snack foods.

Answer 6

fat calories will store in the body as fat. regular calories will "burn" in your body as energy (if you move enough- otherwise those will turn into fat as well).

Answer 7

Yeah for sure. because all the nutrients you eat in basic terms breakes down into energy on your body. Sugary meals and processed carbs will make you fat because they spike your blood sugar. ingesting fat is healthful, and makes you eat a lot less b/c it retains you finished. All you should do is modify what you eat, all sparsely.

Answer 8

The difference between a salad with olive oil and vinegar and an ice cream sundae.

Answer 9

none,a calorie is a measurement unit

Answer 10

fat calories are more difficult to burn