What is the difference between calories from fat and calories from sugar?
Calories from fat will make you fatter right? Is it better to eat calories from sugar than calories from fat if you want to get slimmer?
Also, does calories from sugar count as calories from carbs?
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July 1st, 2010 at 6:28 pm
A calorie is a calorie is a calorie. The term “calorie” is a unit of measurement: One “calorie” is is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius.
Just like 1 degree Fahrenheit is a unit of measurement for temperature, so is a calorie a measurement for a unit of energy.
Therefore, your question is moot.
July 1st, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Hi Mark J,
The energy stored in our food is measured in terms of calories. Technically, one calorie is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The Calorie measure used commonly to discuss the energy content of food is actually a kilocalorie or 1000 real calories. For this reason, the Calorie in food is often written with a capital C. Different foods can be used by the body to produce different amounts of energy. Carbohydrate e.g. sugar contains less than 4 calories, whilst fat contains 9 calories per gram. This means 5 g sugar in a product has about 20 calories, whilst 5 g fat has 45 calories. Therefore a good way to decrease the calories in your food is to lower the amounts of fat. But just because a food is labelled fat-free, it doesn´t mean it is calorie-free. Indeed, most fat-free foods still provide a lot of calories from carbohydrates and proteins.