GreenyLeany

My belief is the new processing of foods and the additives America puts in them. It's all about making more and more money, and to do that America had to get people to buy more and more of their food. A lot has changed in our food molecularly, including an increase in sugar and weird substances that really shouldn't count…

I'm loving your feedback everyone! So who decided how to measure calories in food? And how did they determine how much is typically burned? What IS a calorie?

See wellbert, that's the part I'm figuring out. The differences in foods... and how some foods are equally caloric while others seem to be off balance even in the same amount of calories.

I didn't! I'm totally relearning everything I knew. I thought I had it all down, but now I'm adjusting to some new nutrition-nerd glasses! Keep telling me more guys, this is so interesting :) Btw, over time, eating junk (even in the right amount of calories) would eventually lead to health problems that impact your immune…

What can I say? i've made the most in-depth post on here! :)

I still have the same question about sugar though... I just can't believe that 100 calories worth of chocolate or something is equal to 100 calories of something like spinach in terms of weight loss. I just don't see how this is possible; the ingredients must pose a different affect on the body and cause the sugary one to…

Interesting... thank you for the comments! :)

Well what about sugar? I mean what's the difference between eating 100 calories worth of spinach and 100 calories worth of chocolate? The type of food must matter, so it can't be strictly the calories that control your weight right?