Calories in your diet

Calories are needed for energy in order to fuel metabolic process, growth, lactation and maintenance of body temperature. Some people think that the word calorie refers to a term in a weight loss diet, but it is really a measure of energy.

A kilocalorie, the term used by nutritionists, is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree centigrade.

Herewith a small selection of calorie values:

Other pages that may of interest to you:

Also have a look at energy and basal metabolic rate as well as Body Mass Index.

Other interesting points

• Carbohydrates

  • Simple Sugars

    • Monosaccharides

      • Glucose

      • Fructose

      • Galactose

    • Sugar Alcohol

    • Alcohol & ethanol

    • Disaccharides

      • Sucrose

      • Maltose

      • Lactose

    • Trisaccharides

  • Disaccharides

    • Sucrose

    • Maltose

    • Lactose

  • Trisaccharides

  • Complex Carbohydrates

    • Dextrin

    • Starch

      • Modified starch

    • Cellulose

    • Methylcellulose

    • Glycogen

    • Polysaccharides

      • Pectin

• Proteins

• Fats and Lipids

• Fiber

• Energy

• Water

• Calories

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