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II. All You Need To Know About Calories and Food Labels
1. International system of units of energy measurement:
a. Calories. b. Joules.
2. How to benefit from counting calories and food labels:
a. Take them with a big grain of salt; biggest caloric miscount happened with
processed foods.
b. Don’t just exercise to burn calories; you might be burn less calories than you
think, find other benefits such as cardiac health.
c. Think portions more than numbers; prioritize veggies, protein and fats
portion more than the number.
d. Don’t disregard everything on the label; the fewer ingredients the better.