Counting Calories

Have you ever noticed on the back of packaged foods that there is a "nutritional information" section where there is a lot of sometimes confusing information about the food you are about to eat, it usually has a kJ/Calorie count for how much energy is in the food, then a list of which nutrients the calories come from, such as Proteins and the different types of Carbohydrates and Fats. A lot of the time people don't realise what they are eating and producers usually don't want them to.

It can be difficult to understand this information ,but once learned it can be very useful when you can apply it to a personal goal. The average adult Total Daily Intake is 8700kJ or 2078 Calories(1 Calorie = 4.184kJ), but this is only a vague outline for the majority of adults, it doesn't take into consideration, your body composition, activity levels or anything that expends above average energy, just add up the kJ's or Calories for how many servings you have and for the meals you have during the day, check the labels before you start cooking, but don't go over board you only need a rough estimation, the body works in mysterious ways and you will never get it completely right or you will go mad trying to, there are some sites I can direct you to where you can get an estimation of your Total Daily Intake, comment if wanted. This is another case of quality not quantity, you can add up the calories, but if you aren't getting the right ratio of nutrients and you are just eating junk food, you will find that you aren't going to be very healthy. Good luck with your goals.

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