Calories aren't all equal!

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  • MissBabyJane
    MissBabyJane Posts: 538 Member
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  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
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    When people say "a calorie is a calorie" or "all calories are equal" they're talking about for the purposes of measuring energy (which is what a calorie is) or about losing weight. They do not mean that anything you eat will provide the same satiety or nutrition.

    You're arguing against an argument that doesn't really exist.

    Or if it does, then yeah those people are wrong. But I've never seen that argument presented in 3 years of hanging out on this site.

    *waits for someone to prove me wrong in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .*
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  • ksy1969
    ksy1969 Posts: 700 Member
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    I think what you're really trying to say is that not all macros are equal. For the most part, people agree with that statement.

    Both days you provided your body with approximately the same amount of energy (calories), but the macro breakdown was different. For most people, meals higher in protein and fiber leave them feeling fuller longer than meals higher in carbohydrates.

    ^^^^This

    A calorie is a calorie. Science has proven that, the OP and others on here are confusing calories with macro nutrients.
  • Escloflowne
    Escloflowne Posts: 2,038 Member
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  • darkguardian419
    darkguardian419 Posts: 1,302 Member
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    Quit saying your apple is an apple, when really you're talking about oranges, OP.

    Of course eating less calorie dense food, with a giant difference in macronutrients will change your satiety depending on the contents, but when talking about actual calories, a calorie being the approximate amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius, then yes, all calories are equal. That's like saying all inches aren't the same, all ounces aren't the same.

    Your words say you're debating a unit of measurement, when really you mean something else entirely.

    Think before you speak.
  • sheenarama
    sheenarama Posts: 733 Member
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    Which weighs more? A ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
  • Escloflowne
    Escloflowne Posts: 2,038 Member
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    Which weighs more? A ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?

    Please don't start with that, obviously bricks weigh more than feathers!
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
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  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
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    In because I like to watch. :wink:
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
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    Here's my analogy of these threads.

    Your daily calorie allotment = a school bus

    Proteins = small children Carbs = average children Fats = fat children

    From there you can probably guess where I'm going. If you take a bunch of small children the bus can carry more kids. If you take heavier kids you can fit less of them.

    But guess what, a bus is still a bus. It just depends on how you fill it.

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  • Krizzle4Rizzle
    Krizzle4Rizzle Posts: 2,704 Member
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    When people say "a calorie is a calorie" or "all calories are equal" they're talking about for the purposes of measuring energy (which is what a calorie is) or about losing weight. They do not mean that anything you eat will provide the same satiety or nutrition.

    You're arguing against an argument that doesn't really exist.

    Or if it does, then yeah those people are wrong. But I've never seen that argument presented in 3 years of hanging out on this site.

    *waits for someone to prove me wrong in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .*

    I actually think you are right.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
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    Here's my analogy of these threads.

    Your daily calorie allotment = a school bus

    Proteins = small children Carbs = average children Fats = fat children

    From there you can probably guess where I'm going. If you take a bunch of small children the bus can carry more kids. If you take heavier kids you can fit less of them.

    But guess what, a bus is still a bus. It just depends on how you fill it.

    I'm stealing this analogy. Good one. :drinker:
  • smittybuilt19
    smittybuilt19 Posts: 955 Member
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    oopsy derpy
  • disneygallagirl
    disneygallagirl Posts: 515 Member
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  • looseseal
    looseseal Posts: 216 Member
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    Here's my analogy of these threads.

    Your daily calorie allotment = a school bus

    Proteins = small children Carbs = average children Fats = fat children

    From there you can probably guess where I'm going. If you take a bunch of small children the bus can carry more kids. If you take heavier kids you can fit less of them.

    But guess what, a bus is still a bus. It just depends on how you fill it.

    OMG, you eats teh cheeldren??

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  • PinkyFett
    PinkyFett Posts: 842 Member
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    One day I thought of it this way...
    Hunger is your body's way of saying it needs fuel.
    if you don't give your body the nutrition it needs.
    You can eat 3000+ calories a day and still be hungry.
    You can eat 3000+ and still go into "starvation mode"

    If you're eating 3,000+ calories, you are not even close to starving.

    I pronounce this thread full of derp.

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    :laugh: :laugh:
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
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    What else floats?

    Very small rocks....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g

    It is well worth the 4 minutes. . . .just. . . .just trust me.