Which is better watching carbs or calories?
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Both! You may consume less than 20g of carb a day but that's not gonna help you lose weight if you're taking in, say, 2000 kcal?
190106
http://www.calorie-count.com/\n\nIf you check out that site, it will give you a free account, with a number of calories you should eat to mantain your weight, the exact percent of protein/carbs/fat isn't all that important, the carbs should be about 50-60% fat low 20s and portein in the high 20s-30s. And the site will give you a pie chart of them, and keeps track of fiber and what not. And there's a message board if you need to ask questions or just want to talk. It has a database of foods and activities to keep track of everything you eat and do. And sooo much more. Check it out. :)
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I dont think Weight Watchers is a calorie based diet.\n\nObviously calories do matter, but I dont think there is a related point system calories v points.
741548
sparkpeople.com  is great! you can even  log calories for  free. i  could go on forever about  this great  free site and resource. I love it
1147711
eat right , watch your calorie intake, your sugar, carbs, and starch intake go to web site 4udiet.com to check out different diets to try and excerise. be honest and open with yourself.
647032
If you are not trying to go on a low carb diet it doesn't matter, but you should get about a third of your calories from carbs, which would be 100 g of carbs a day.  If you are going for low carbs, keep under 30 a day, even as low as 15 a day.
999645
It depends on your weight.\nhttp://www.nutritiondata.com/calories-burned.html
701337
fruits like grapes and berries - they are lower in sugar carbs.  Also carrots have more carbs than cellery, but are good for you.  I like to get some low calorie ranch to dip my veggies in.  I prefer fresh broccoli, carrots, cellery, and mushrooms.  Also if you like black olives, you can have a few of those each day too.
428747
Nope.  Look at an exercise table and it will tell you how long you have to do a given activity to burn so many calories.  A small portion of ice cream probably has 200 calories, which you would have ro run for say a couple of hours for to burn.  Exercise is good, dieting is better, and both is best.
854566
well, fast is to lose the carbs. BUT as soon as you start eating them again it comes back. I would do the healthy exercise and diet for a long term plan, as it is better for you in the long run.
853385
Calories come from various sources...  protein (meats, poultry, fish, cheeses, etc.), carbohydrate (fruits, vegetables and grains), fat (olive oil, margarine, butter).  All calories "count" but eating a high percentage of your calories from fat, regardless of the type, is unhealthy unless you're on a low-carb diet.\n\nMany people say, "A calorie is a calorie," but of late they are finding that protein calories burn differently than processed carbohydrate calories.  People attempting to lose weight find they do better by eating fewer "white" carbohydrates like bread, potatoes, pasta and rice because your blood sugar level stays more stable.
905898
Eating the Carbs the day before the race is for Energy. Carbs are for energy. Eating a high carbohydrate meal is always good the night before a race.
1147548
Contrary to popular opinion, carbs are not poison to a diabetic.  A diabetic can have the occasional small piece of cake if they plan for it ahead of time and take the appropriate amount of insulin. And the only difference between 28 carbs from an apple and 28 carbs from a candybar is about half an hour.  They both raise the blood sugar the same, but the candybar will raise it faster. However, the question here is how one feels after eating loads of carbohydrates.  The only time I  eat loads of carbohydrates is when I'm experiencing a hypoglycemic episode, and the feeling I get if I've overcompensated and had too many carbs is of a car speeding along and then suddenly going in reverse.  For a while I feel worse than the initial hypoglycemic episode and it's nooooo fun.\n\nMany Blessings,\nLilyth
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Hmmm, counting calories is tough.  \n\nIt is better to have a concept of things and how much energy they give you rather than trying to memorize caloric values.  \n\nIf you learn to associate certain foods as being "bad" and certain ones as being "good" you will achieve the same result with less effort, but then you would be called as "calorie aware" rather than "calorie counter"
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I can easily understand how this would be a very confusing and difficult question, with all the misinformation out there.\n\nOf course, the difference between the calories from proteins, carbohydrates, oils and fats is all a matter of relative balance.  If you are eating a proper diet, calories from protein are relatively irrelevant.  Generally speaking, except for milk fat, like butter, you should avoid fat.  A relatively well balanced amount of oil totalling less than 10% of your intake is certainly better.\n\nBut your question is basically what is the difference between bad calories (empty) and good calories (nutrition-filled).  Most of this question actually revolves around carbohydrate and oil consumption.  Sugar, whether referred to as sucrose, sucralose, dehydrated cane juice, or any of a dozen other variations, causes an extremely unhealthy insulin spike and nutralizes other nutrients.  \n\nA banana, which is low in calories contrary to popular myth, is extremely high in nutrients including potasium, iron, vitamin c and protein.  Zucchini, which is commonly thought of as a healthy food, contains only fiber, but is relatively low in calories.\n\nThe amount of calories in a particular food is much less relevant than the amount of nutrition in that food, particularly in relation to how many calories it has.\n\nYour body requires more than just calories to survive; you need vitamins, minerals and protein, as well as certain other types of nutrients, to survive.  You can consume 2000 empty calories every day, with no nutrient content, and still die of starvation, whereas a person can live almost indefinitely off of green leafy vegetables and yellow vegetables, with a little dairy, even though that person is consuming relatively few calories in a day.\n\nI'm sorry; I started off on the novel-length dissertation, but I've done my best to curtail it.
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A calorie is a unit of energy, it's a way to measure it.  Food is converted to energy when it is digested.  Then stored as fat if you dont use it. Whichever has more calories marshmellow or walnut, is the one with more energy
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It is recommended that about 60% of your daily calorie intake be from carbs. The typical woman needs about 1700 calories/day and the typical man needs about 2000. That means a woman should have about 1020 carb calories and a man should have about 1200 calories from carbs. \n\nRemember, 40% of a food product's cals come from carbs.