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About 20-25% of the mass of a cooked French fry will be oil. So weigh the cooked fries in grams, multiply the weight by 0.25, then again by 9 Cal /g and you will have the added calories from deep frying in fat.
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Medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) were recently (2015) evaluated in a meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials (Mumme, JAND). These studies were qualified as greater than 3 weeks in duration. Although some commercial bias was detected, a modest reduction in body weight (0.51 kg), waist and hip circumference, total,…
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I had the opportunity to watch a person on a metabolic cart who was walking at 3.5 mph; when she switched to jogging at the same pace her metabolic rate went down. Jogging is more efficient than fast walking. Problem is, walking at 3.5 mph is really uncomfortable and not realistic. I find that jogging takes less time than…
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Not sure what all these abbreviations are all about. It seems like someone trying to sell me something I don't need. Certainly, anaerobic conditioning will use energy less efficiently and thus promote greater energy use and quicker weight loss but I already have lots of fast twitch muscle. I would prefer exercise that…
