The Calorie Paradox

A paradox happens when something that seems as though it should not be true actually turns out to be true, or vice versa. A paradox is happening in nutritional science where a high-calorie consumption of one food causes weight gain, while the same calorie value of another food seems to cause weight loss, leading some […]

Why Counting Calories Fails

Counting calories often fails. Instead, focus on eating real food. What is a calorie? A calorie in physics is the energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water to 1 °C. The calorie you see on a food package, however, is actually a kilocalorie, or 1,000 calories, the amount of energy needed […]