Should I Worry About Calories Or Fat Percentages?
Posted by Zolly | Under Nutrition Sunday Feb 7, 2010For example, a slice of cheese at my house has 110 calories, but 25% of your daily value of saturated fat. Should I jst worry about the calorie count, or is all nutrition facts something to watch out for? Thanks
Both and all.
This is going to give you the nutition density of your food (or lack thereof). Just be careful not to micromange too far. Use this as an exercise, write down everything you eat for one week and gather the following information:
– Total calories per day
– Timing of calories per day
– Grams of protein per day
– Timing of grams of protein per day
– Grams of carbs per day
– Timing of grams of carbs per day
– Types of carbs (simple, natural, complex)
– Grams of fat per day
– Timing of grams of fat per day
– Types of fats (trans, saturated, and unsaturated)
I would only do this once, after this you should have a good idea of the nutritional density as well as the nutritional value for your meal planning. Once you get an idea of the foods that are good to eat, use them to your advantage. You will need to give yourself a cheat meal at least once per week to take care of cravings – this is true with any diet.
Good luck!!
It depends on your goals.
If you want to lose or maintain your weight, calories is ALL you should care about. The less calories, the better, so long as you don’t go below 1200/day (any less, and your body goes into starvation mode).
If you are concerned about your overall health, you might want to keep your intake of saturated fat low. Diets with a lot of saturated fat put you at a higher risk of heart disease. The FDA recommends you shoot for saturated fat being about 7% of your overall calories.
As for me, I’m not sure life is worth living without cheese, so all that science isn’t going to put me off eating it.
id say calories and that stuff shouldnt be obsessed over. just watch what you eat and exercise a little and you wont have to worry about it.
You should read all of the nutrition facts, as well as the list of ingredients on food. It’s all important.
eat mozzerella cheese
dont worry! its cheese! thats a tiny amount of fat!