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Nik Wert (fitness editor)

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Calories: Good or bad?

Calories are a unit of energy our bodies absorb from food. When people think of calories, they think of fat, when in fact calories are incredibly valuable to any athlete or bodybuilder. Think of it this way, no calories = no energy. Now it is true that TOO MANY calories without exercise will lead to fat, but this does not mean you should cast them aside. Lets take Hugh Jackman (actor who plays wolverine) for example. He consumed 6000 calories per day. Yes that's right, 6000! He needed  those calories to be able to push through his workouts that gave him his wolverine physique. However, Hugh chose good sources of calories such as vegetables, meat, wheats and who knows what else. He didn't  intake 4 extra large cheeseburgers a day to get good calories. This is where most people are wrong about calories. Now even if you do eat 3000-4000 calories per day, you still need to exercise and keep yourself in shape to get the benefits. Otherwise it will turn to fat. There are many calorie counters online that can accurately determine how many calories you should have per day pending on how active you are. Google it!

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