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EXCESS CALORIES
We are always told that excess calories will be stored as body fat and contribute to weight gain. Whilst this statement is true we have to seriously consider how we quantify what excess is from person to person. Typical guidelines state that males should take in 2500kcals per day and females 2000 kcals per day. Those are really nice neat figures. Simple and memorable amounts that many people can easily remember. Neat figures always need to be questioned.
The human body doesn’t care about the ‘niceness’ of the mathematics. It is governed by the nerves, hormones and metabolism and none of that consults the calculator before making a decision, so why should we? Some of you may have come across charts that provide more accurate estimates of calorie needs based on body weight, gender, height and activity levels. These are definitely all considerations that will vary your daily needs, but once again it only provides an estimate. It is feasible to have 2 different men both 30 years old, moderately active, 6 foot tall and 100 kilograms, but one have 30% body fat and the other only 15% body fat. There is no way that they both have the same energy needs, yet even these more reliable calorie estimates will calculate their daily needs as being the same.
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