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There are calories in fat in certain foods. Should I count those as added calories also? Thanks so much.
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2007-04-20 08:12:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Diet & Fitness

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I just counted calories not fat calories......I used to weigh417lbs I now weigh 215lbs....I exercised to though maybe that is why it worked for me too.

2007-04-20 08:15:25 · answer #1 · answered by NDN 5 · 0 0

Everything you eat has calories, except foods like water, diet soda, etc. Food calories are basically carbohydrates, proteins, or fats. Your body needs all of these to work well. Carbohydrates have the fewest calories, followed by protein, then fat. If you are reading labels and strictly looking at calories, that's all you need to count. Those calories are made up of the carbohydrates, proteins and fats that are listed below.

Low calorie diets make "fat" seem like the enemy because it has a higher calorie value; however, your body needs fat and will actually burn calories better if it has fat and protein to build muscles. So choose small amounts of healthy fat, like almonds, walnuts, fish, avacado, etc. Just eat smaller portions of these fats. Also, eat a little low-fat protein (dairy, nuts and seeds, meat, etc.) with every meal to help slow down the processing of carbohydrates. Fiber will do this too. The slower your body processes the calories, the fuller you will feel for the longest period of time.

2007-04-20 15:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by BeTheChange 1 · 0 0

You definitely want to count all of the calories.

If you're looking at the food label, and see something that says the number of calories from fat, you can essentially ignore that line, because all of those calories will be included in the total number of calories per serving.

2007-04-20 15:20:25 · answer #3 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0 0

Most foods should list out calories and then calories from fat... calories (by itself) are the total number. Calories from fat is just telling you the amount of calories from fat that contributed to that total number. Other calories come from carbs, protein, ect.

2007-04-20 15:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by ashleyuvjra 3 · 1 0

No. Where it says "calories" that is the TOTAL amount of calories in one serving. Fat calories are NOT in addition to that amount, so you don't count them separately. It is listed separately to show you how many of the total calories come from fat.

2007-04-20 15:18:01 · answer #5 · answered by gobanana516 4 · 1 0

Fact: Each gram of fat = 9 calories

2007-04-20 15:15:41 · answer #6 · answered by Thomas 3 · 1 0

every food has calories. often low-calorie diets are low-fat because each gram of fat has 9 calories, as opposed to 4 calories for protein and carbohydrates.

eating 2200 calories of low-calorie (lower in fat) foods is just as bad (from the diet perspective) as eating 2200 of high-calorie (higher in fat).

often, foods higher in fat (and thus, calories) are more filling that reduced-fat/low-fat foods, meaning you don't need to eat as much of high-calorie foods as you would need to eat of equivalent low-calorie foods.

basically, just aim to keep your daily calorie intake at a certain level, and you don't necessarily need to eat "low-calorie" foods . . . however, you will most likely be able to eat a higher quantity of low-calorie foods

2007-04-20 16:58:17 · answer #7 · answered by investigator7 3 · 0 0

If you're on a low-calorie diet, you count EVERYTHING that has a calorific value.

2007-04-20 15:14:13 · answer #8 · answered by Al_ide 4 · 0 0

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