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"Make that number of calories 30% of your daily minimum calorie total. For example: If your lean tissue weight is 120 pounds, you would need 60 grams of protein daily. Sixty grams multiplied by 4 calories for each gram is 240 calories from protein. The 240 calories should represent 30% of your day's minimum total calories. That would mean that your absolute minimum base need in calories would be 800 per day, divided as 30% protein, 40% carbohydrate, 30% essential fats, or 240 calories coming from protein, 320 calories coming from complex starches, and 240 calories coming from essential fats." - Dr. Mary Dan Eades, The Doctor's Complete Guide to Vitamins and Minerals (Get the book.)

"Calories in Raw Food Calories essentially have nothing to do with nutrition because a calorie is only a measure of heat energy. Raw foods contain calories as well as all the other live factors necessary for their utilization.1 Cooked foods contain calories, but few or no live factors required for their utilization. A diet of mostly cooked food eventually causes the body's channels of elimination to become inefficient. As this happens, food calories that are not eliminated have to be stored in the body as fat." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"That's about the calorie equivalent of an entire meal. Think grilled when choosing chicken or fish. Frying can cost you over 100 calories. Call in a thin crust veggie pizza. It's not only more nutritious, it's also a calorie bargain. Compare its 190 calories per slice to the 470 calories you get from one slice of stuffed-crust meat-lover's pizza. Order the taco salad but don't eat that deep-fried taco shell. You'll shave 370 calories off your dinner tab. Ask for a separate take-out box as soon as you place your order. Then split your meal in half when you get it and box it up for later." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"As a result, we tend to be a society of dieters; limiting calorie intake is a common practice for shedding pounds. Most popular weight-loss diets typically advise a daily total intake of 1,500 calories or less for women and 1,800 calories or less for men. Reducing calories, however, means a reduction in the amount of essential nutrients the body needs for optimal health. Just to meet the daily RDI's for essential nutrients, you would need to consume over 2,000 calories if you are a woman, and 3,000 if you are a man." - Shari Lieberman, Alan Xenakis, Mineral Miracle: Stopping Cartilage Loss & Inflammation Naturally (Get the book.)

"It's not only more nutritious, it's also a calorie bargain. Compare its 190 calories per slice to the 470 calories you get from one slice of stuffed-crust meat-lover's pizza. Order the taco salad but don't eat that deep-fried taco shell. You'll shave 370 calories off your dinner tab. Ask for a separate take-out box as soon as you place your order. Then split your meal in half when you get it and box it up for later. Choose your condiments wisely. Mustard has just 3 calories in one teaspoon, while mayonnaise has 19." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"Thanks to their high refined sugar and calorie counts, we have become an obese, energy-depleted society. A calorie is defined as a measure of food energy. It might seem logical, then, to assume that the more calories consumed, the more energy our body is supplied with. Of course, we know this is not the case, otherwise people with the highest energy would be those who eat at fast food restaurants. By simply consuming more calories, we are not guaranteed more energy." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"To stay within a certain parameter for your metabolism, it is helpful to grasp the concept of general calorie amounts of commonly consumed foods. The second important concept, after calorie consumption, is the calories expended through movement and exercise. The more calories are utilized for energy, the less will go toward fat accumulation. In this technologically advanced and television-addicted society, people are expending many less calories than they used to. Hormone balance is also important for the prevention and the treatment of obesity." - James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D., Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More (Get the book.)

"Seventy-eight calories of fossil fuel are required for each calorie of protein from feedlot-produced beef. Grains and beans require approximately .6 to 3.9 calories of fossil fuel to produce each calorie of vegetarian food. About twenty times more fossil fuel energy is needed to produce one calorie of beef as compared to one calorie of vegetable protein. The energy required to produce food is about 16.5% of the total energy requirements of the US. The value of the raw materials consumed for livestock production is greater than the value of all the oil, gas, and coal produced in this country." - Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Conscious Eating (Get the book.)

"Check the nutrition label carefully for calorie, fat, and sodium content, and compare it to similar products. • Products labeled low-calorie can have no more than 40 calories per serving and no more than 0.4 calories per gram of food. A reduced-calorie product must have at least one-third fewer calories than the food it is being compared to. • Right now, the term natural doesn't mean much. When used on poultry and meat products, it means "minimally processed and free of artificial ingredients" (such as colorings and nitrite in processed meat)." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely in a Risky World (Get the book.)

"List 3: Breads, Cereals, and Starchy Vegetables List 4: Legumes List 5: Fats List 6: Milk List 7: Meats, Fish, Cheese, and Eggs 1 7 servings 2 servings 8 servings 1 serving 3 servings You can use the above recommendations as the basis for calculating diets with other calorie contents. For example, for a 4,000-calorie diet add the 2,500-calorie diet to the 1,500-calorie diet. For a 1,000-calorie diet, divide the 2,000-calorie diet in half. Menu Planning The Healthy Exchange System was created by us to help ensure that people will consume a health-promoting diet." - Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition (Get the book.)

"N produces a movement of 1 m (10,000,000 ergs) Heat energy is also measured using the calorie (cal), which is defined as the energy required to increase the temperature of 1 cubic centimeter (1 ml) of water by 1 degree C. One calorie is equal to about 4.184 joules. The kilocalorie (Kcal or Cal) is equal to 1,000 calories and is the unit in which the energy values of food are measured. This more familiar unit, also commonly referred to as a calorie, is equal to about 4,184 joules. Measurement of power cgs unit erg/second Rate of 1 erg per second mks unit watt(W) Joule/second, i.e." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"Check the nutrition label carefully for calorie, fat, and sodium content, and compare it to similar products. þ Products labeled low-calorie can have no more than 40 calories per serving and no more than 0.4 calories per gram of food. A reduced-calorie product must have at least one-third fewer calories than the food it is being compared to. þ Right now, the term natural doesn't mean much. When used on poultry and meat products, it means "minimally processed and free of artificial ingredients" (such as colorings and nitrite in processed meat)." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"All diets that work, no matter what claims they make, do so because they involve calorie restriction. However, if you are overweight, you can lose excess weight by eating healthfully for your height, age, and activity level. For moderately active women this is between 1,800 and 2,000 calories a day, and for moderately active men it's between 2,000 and 2,400 calories a day. That is certainly not restrictive, but for overeaters, getting back to a normal eating level does take some getting used to." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"In order to lose weight sensibly, you should understand the basics of calorie balance. There are too many diet books, commercial weight-loss programs, weight-loss clinics, herbs, nostrums, and experts to count, so it's important to know the truth about dieting. The relationship between calories and weight loss is simple: If you burn more calories than you consume as food, you'll lose weight. If you consume more calories as food, you'll gain weight. So how is it that some diets claim that you can eat all you want and still lose weight?" - James Scala Ph.D., 20 Natural Ways to Reduce the Risk of Prostate Cancer : A Mind-Body Approach to Health and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"All groups began by eating a diet with fat amounting to 35 to 38 percent of their total calorie intake. The low-fat group was asked to lower their fat intake to 20 percent of their total calories, but this was never achieved. At the end of the first year, the low-fat group was eating fat at a rate of 24 percent of their total calories, and by the sixth year this had expanded to 29 percent. The comparison group averaged 35 percent at the end of one year and 38 percent at the end of the sixth year." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Triglycerides in the blood come from dietary fats or from other calorie sources such as carbohydrates. Dietary calories not used immediately by tissues for energy are converted to triglycerides and stored in fat cells. Stored triglycerides are released as needed to meet energy demands. Excess triglycerides are linked to coronary artery disease in some people. 4-5 Moderate risk 6 Moderate to severe risk over 7 Severe risk You'll notice we have left off total cholesterol. As we will explain in the coming pages, there are other factors that we believe are more important." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"The second important concept, after calorie consumption, is the calories expended through movement and exercise. The more calories are utilized for energy, the less will go toward fat accumulation. In this technologically advanced and television-addicted society, people are expending many less calories than they used to. Hormone balance is also important for the prevention and the treatment of obesity. Many hormones in the body have an effect on metabolism. The most notable are thyroid hormones, which greatly influence the metabolic rate in our cells." - James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D., Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More (Get the book.)

"There's a significant calorie gap between when an American says, 'I'm full' and an Okinawan says, 'I'm no longer hungry,'" explains Wansink. "We gain weight insidiously, not stuffing ourselves, but eating a little bit too much each day—mindlessly." Most of us have a caloric "set point" of sorts, a level of calories we can consume each day without gaining weight. We tend to gain weight by eating just slightly beyond the caloric set point week after week. For most of us, the solution is to eat enough so that we're no longer hungry, but not so much that we're full." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"In today's society, where there is a great emphasis on weight and body fat, calorie has become a dirty word. Some people misunderstand and simply do not take in enough calories to give the body what it needs to keep all its organs in proper chemical balance. Most adults need between 1300 and 1400 calories a day just to stay alive without any physical activity. How many additional calories you need depends on what you do all day—the more activity, the more calories. The trick is to eat foods that promote good health." - Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., Earl Mindell's Secret Remedies (Get the book.)

"Human bodies and brains, exposed to seasonal fluctuations in food availability for millions of years, and with genomes shaped by these evolutionary pressures, are simply not adapted to bear the burden of constant calorie overload. Interestingly, studies on calorie restriction in mice, monkeys, and a variety of other species have suggested that a higher intake of daily energy may decrease the life span of neurons in the brain.18 Human studies bear out similar results. A recent research study by Giulio Pasinetti et al." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"I have not included the calorie counts on these foods in the charts. As we will explore more fully in chapter 16, calorie counting is not all important in maintaining a healthy, balanced system. How your body uses the calories that you eat is so much more important. This does not in any way imply that I endorse consuming ten thousand calories a day! I do, however, stress that each person has an individual calorie count that is right for them." - Celeste Pepe, Lisa Hammond, Reversing Multiple Sclerosis: 9 Effective Steps to Recover Your Health (Get the book.)

"You can avoid this by lowering your calorie intake slowly and exercising to offset the decrease in RMR. One study found that dieting caused RMR to decrease by about 200 calories a day, but when exercise was combined with diet, RMR only decreased by 75 calories. 311 Muscle up your metabolism. One of the main reasons metabolism declines with age is that lean body mass also tends to decline as you get older. A pound of muscle tissue burns about 35 calories a day, but a pound of fat only uses about two calories a day." - Frank K. Wood, Natural Cures and Gentle Medicines: That Work Better Than Dangerous Drugs or Risky Surgery (Get the book.)

"Using a specific calorie amount instead of weight or serving size is a more accurate way of obtaining a pure "nutrient per calorie" score, a reflection of the health equation. The most nutrient dense foods—green leafy vegetables such as kale, watercress and mustard greens—score 1000; all other foods are then scored relative to them. We needed to use a scale of 0-1000 to give a true picture of the amazing nutrient density of vegetables compared to the foods that typically make up the Standard American Diet (SAD). Most SAD foods score less than 25." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"So if you're going to correct for calories, do you then also correct for . . ." She paused and then sighed. "No, it's a mess." Block thinks the problem with nutrition science, which she feels "has led us astray," is not the FFQ itself but mis- and overinterpretation of the data derived from the FFQ, a tool for which she makes realistic but strikingly modest claims: "The real purpose of the FFQ is to rank people" on their relative consumption of, say, fruits and vegetables or total calories. " - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"I avoid these beverages and stick with good old-fashioned water, which is calorie, sugar, and additive free. If you want flavor, try adding a slice of lemon or lime or some fresh-cut herbs (mint is delicious). If you do drink juice, look for 100 percent organic fruit juice that has retained its pulp (that's where most of the nutrients are found) and is additive free. You can cut calories and reduce tartness by mixing it with water. Here are some of my family's favorite drinks: • Lakewood organic pineapple juice (www.lakewoodjuices." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"WEIGHT MAINTENANCE: In a study conducted by Barbara Rolls, PhD, from Penn State, she found that starting off a meal with a low-calorie salad gave a sense of fullness and reduced subsequent calorie intake, which may be an effective way for managing weight. REDUCED INFLAMMATION/HEART DISEASE/CANCER: Salicylic acid, a main compound found in aspirin, which is used to treat inflammation, has been found in romaine lettuce. Salicylic acid is a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, a key enzyme involved in inflammation, certain cancers, and the promotion of heart disease." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"In today's society, where there is a great emphasis on weight and body fat, calorie has become a dirty word. Some people misunderstand and simply do not take in enough calories to give the body what it needs to keep all its organs in proper chemical balance. Most adults need between 1300 and 1400 calories a day just to stay alive without any physical activity. How many additional calories you need depends on what you do all day—the more activity, the more calories. The trick is to eat foods that promote good health." - Earl Mindell, Earl Mindell's Secret Remedies (Get the book.)

"This more familiar unit, also commonly referred to as a calorie, is equal to about 4,184 joules. Measurement of power cgs unit erg/second Rate of 1 erg per second mks unit watt(W) Joule/second, i.e., a rate of 1 joule per second Conversions Measurement of force 1 poundal = 13,889 dynes = 0.13889 newton 1 dyne = 0.000072 poundal 1 newton = 7.2 poundals Measurement of work or energy 1 foot-pound = 1,356 joules British thermal unit = 1,055 joules = 252 calories 1 joule = 0.0007374 ft.-lbs. 1 calorie = 0.003968 Btu 1 Kilocalorie = 3." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"They suggest that by simply adhering to calorie counts, with no consideration of other factors, we can accurately gauge the amount of food we need to consume to maintain low body weight and high energy. But it doesn't work that way. Several years ago, before I had created the Thrive Diet, I did try to gauge my caloric intake requirements based on my activity level and body weight. Eating about 8000 calories on heavy training days, the number of calories I determined I required, I usually needed a rest day soon afterward." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"Under the current industrial farming system it takes sixteen calories of "input" to produce one calorie of grain, and seventy calories of input to produce one calorie of meat.1 A hundred years ago, just before the introduction of the fossil fuel-based technologies, more than 30 percent of the American population was engaged in farming. Now the figure is 1.6 percent. The issue is not moral, academic, or aesthetic. Rather it's a matter of those ratios being made possible only because cheap oil and automation made up for so much human labor." - James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century (Get the book.)

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