Comments on: Latest research questions calories http://www.hannahsutter.com/2008/10/latest-research-questions-calories/ News and discussion on weight loss from the founder of Go Lower Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:20:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JayCee Botha http://www.hannahsutter.com/2008/10/latest-research-questions-calories/comment-page-1/#comment-44951 JayCee Botha Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:37:27 +0000 http://www.hannahsutter.com/?p=111#comment-44951 Saying that all calories are not alike is like saying that a kilogram or a mile or a liter or ounce is not always the same thing. A calorie is by definition supposed to be a constant and it should always have the exact same value/effect. The problem is that health experts simply don't make the effort to look at the definition of what a calorie really is. A Calorie is a quantitative heat chemist tool to determine combustion. In other words how much potential HEAT (burning) can be given of by lets say a piece of meat. They determine it inside a lab with a calometer by placing the object in a closed container, raising the water temp until a spesific point and then measuring the difference. (More in the link given below) My question is.. where in the human body (that is an open system by the way) does any of this combustion happen ? The answer is nowhere - we simply CANNOT measure energy utilization inside the human body in calories. We utilize free fatty acids for energy, we dont "burn" anything. How exactly does x amount of calories create y amount of atp energy ... remember a calorie is a constant therefore it must always do the same thing... I think people should simply refrain from using the word calories at all when it comes to human nutrition. Use the word FOOD instead. I stronly recommend this post : http://www.drjamescarlson.com/content.aspx?idx=44 Saying that all calories are not alike is like saying that a kilogram or a mile or a liter or ounce is not always the same thing. A calorie is by definition supposed to be a constant and it should always have the exact same value/effect. The problem is that health experts simply don’t make the effort to look at the definition of what a calorie really is.

A Calorie is a quantitative heat chemist tool to determine combustion. In other words how much potential HEAT (burning) can be given of by lets say a piece of meat. They determine it inside a lab with a calometer by placing the object in a closed container, raising the water temp until a spesific point and then measuring the difference. (More in the link given below)

My question is.. where in the human body (that is an open system by the way) does any of this combustion happen ? The answer is nowhere – we simply CANNOT measure energy utilization inside the human body in calories. We utilize free fatty acids for energy, we dont “burn” anything. How exactly does x amount of calories create y amount of atp energy … remember a calorie is a constant therefore it must always do the same thing…

I think people should simply refrain from using the word calories at all when it comes to human nutrition. Use the word FOOD instead.

I stronly recommend this post :

http://www.drjamescarlson.com/content.aspx?idx=44

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