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Doubt about Calories In Calories Out

natika33
Posts: 154 Member
A lot of dieting advice focuses on calories in = calories out. While I think this is a good rule of thumb, a recent article in Scientific American shows that the issue is more complicated than that. For those interested, here it is:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/08/27/the-hidden-truths-about-calories/?WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/08/27/the-hidden-truths-about-calories/?WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook
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Interesting stuff, thanks for posting.0
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