| Eat less fat. Eat more fat. Carbs are
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| | Just like high quality fuel is better for
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| bad. Carbs are good.
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| | your car than the cheap stuff, some
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| Nutrition advice changes so often, no
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| | calories are better for our metabolism
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| wonder so many people are confused.
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| | than others. That idea flies in the face
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| But when it comes it calories, the advice
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| | of conventional diet wisdom, but it's
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| to consume fewer of them seems set in
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| | true-and science backs it up.
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| stone. After all, "a calorie is a
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| | For example, recent studies show that
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| calorie"-Right?
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| | high-carb diets can boost insulin and
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| Wrong.
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| | blood sugar levels. The result? Weight
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| For years, we've been told that if we
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| | gain (not to mention high cholesterol and
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| "eat less and exercise more," we'll lose
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| | triglycerides). On the other hand, people
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| weight. That recommendation is based on
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| | who eat a healthy low-carb diet that's
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| the belief that we need burn more
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| | rich in vegetables, whole grains, beans,
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| calories than we take in. But this
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| | and lean animal protein-but consume more
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| doesn't tell the whole story.
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| | calories than low-fat dieters-actually
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| As it turns out, it isn't the amount of
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| | lose more weight!
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| calories you consume that really affects
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| | As you can see, the kinds of calories you
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| your weight and your health. It's the
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| | consume can have a big impact on weight
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| type of calorie.
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| | gain, because different foods are
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| It's true-the calories you eat are
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| | metabolized in different ways. Food
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| actually absorbed at different rates. And
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| | "talks" to your genes, giving your
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| the different amounts of fiber,
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| | metabolism specific instructions-whether
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| carbohydrates, protein, fat, and
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| | to lose weight or gain weight, speed up
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| nutrients in these calories can have very
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| | or slow down the aging process, increase
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| different effects on your metabolism.
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| | or decrease your cholesterol level, and
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| There's no difference between a thousand
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| | produce molecules that increase or
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| calories of kidney beans and a thousand
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| | decrease your appetite.
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| calories of a low-fat muffin-until
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| | No wonder you can feel like you're doing
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| they're metabolized.
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| | everything right and still not lose
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| As you can see, food isn't just a source
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| | weight!
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| of energy-it's a source of operating
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| | The Whole Truth
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| instructions for your body.
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| | If you want to lose weight and be
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| Calories 101
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| | healthy, you have to send your body the
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| So what is a calorie anyway? Simply put,
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| | right messages. That means living in
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| a calorie is just a unit of energy. When
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| | harmony with your genes.
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| we eat food, chemical processes that make
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| | This means different things for different
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| up our metabolism break this food down
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| | people. Depending on our genes, some of
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| and turn it into energy. Burning this
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| | us may need more carbs, protein, or fat
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| energy lets us do what we need and want
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| | than others.
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| to do-from breathing to running a
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| | But there's one basic principle that
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| marathon.
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| | works of everyone: Base your diet on
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| It's like your car: You have to put fuel
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| | whole, unprocessed foods. Foods that are
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| in it to make it run. For people, food is
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| | in their natural state talk to your genes
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| our fuel. Calories are what help us
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| | the most effectively-and were designed by
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| "run."
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| | nature to keep you at a healthy weight.
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| The Dieting Myth
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