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EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CALORIES, BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. A calorie is a unit of energy that measures the amount of energy contributed by food to your body. A calorie is also understood as a measure of heat(energy) produced when food  is being processed during metabolism in the body. Good Calories v/s Bad calories Good calories are contributed by foods that give you energy as well as nutrition, eg, a big guava contains 100 calories, but it also stores minerals and vitamins. A small packet of potato chips , on the other hand, will give you 200 calories but no essential nutrients . Does gaining calories mean gaining weight ? Weight gain is determined  by the total number of calories consumed, as against the total number of calories burned / used for energy.In other words,if you consume more calories than you burn through  exercise or physical activity.your body stores these excess calories as fat,resulting in those extra unwanted kil...

Regular exercise brings down blood pressure, makes heart pumping more efficient and reduces insulin resistance ,which can lead to heart attack  and stroke.Even little can mean a lot .Ten minutes` dancing a day, for instance ,can burn off about a quarter kilo in weight a month. The following activities can increase your daily exercise time by 40 minutes or more while barely changing your routine : 1. take at least two flights of stairs for up to three kilos of annual weight loss  2.  Fidget.It burns 350 calories a day. 3. Have meetings standing up or walk around when on the phone. 4. Keep your hands busy by,say,knitting while watching TV. 5. Stand up,stretch your arms to the ceiling and rise up and down on your toes ten times once every hour while working at your desk. H ealth experts say you should walk from 10,000-12000 steps a day (up to two hour's worth at normal speed).That sounds a lot, but even very sedentary people walk 3000 steps and other activities can count...