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calories
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Calories and weight loss
If you are in caloric excess, you are eating more calories than you are burning and you will gain weight
If you are in caloric deficit, you are burning more calories than you are eating, and you will lose weight
if you are maintaining your weight, you are in caloric balance
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The physics of calories
defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water from 0 to 1 degree Celsius
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unit of 1,000 small calories
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Diets
Very low-calorie
low-calorie diets as meal plans that provide 1,000 to 1,200 calories per day for women and 1,200 to 1,600 calories per day for men
The unsustainability of low-calorie diets coupled with loss of muscle mass means that regained weight is usually fat, not muscle
Low-calorie
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People prescribed very low-calorie diets are usually obese and facing serious health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol
special diets in which all meals are replaced with prepared formulas, often liquid shakes
Foods
high-calorie
Oils, butter and other fats; fried foods; and sugary sweets are high-calorie foods
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