http://peteswaile.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/calculate-your-basal-metabolic-rate/ Be yourself, only Better! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:09:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://peteswaile.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/calculate-your-basal-metabolic-rate/#comment-16 Understanding Food Labels: Part 1, Energy « Fitstar Coaching Weblog Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:18:54 +0000 http://peteswaile.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-16 [...] So how much energy should you be eating? Well for every gram of carbohydrate and protein you eat you will get 4kcal. As for alcohol it’s a little higher at 7kcal for every gram (or ml), sorry!! And as for fat, well that’s even higher at 9kcal for every gram. As a general rule of thumb men should eat about 2500kcal and women around 2000kcal per day. As you can see a high fat diet will be kcal dense and as such you will be much more susceptible to consume more kcal than you require. Obviously the figures above can vary depending on your daily energy expenditure, so to find out more accurately your energy requirements calculate your BMR here. [...] [...] So how much energy should you be eating? Well for every gram of carbohydrate and protein you eat you will get 4kcal. As for alcohol it’s a little higher at 7kcal for every gram (or ml), sorry!! And as for fat, well that’s even higher at 9kcal for every gram. As a general rule of thumb men should eat about 2500kcal and women around 2000kcal per day. As you can see a high fat diet will be kcal dense and as such you will be much more susceptible to consume more kcal than you require. Obviously the figures above can vary depending on your daily energy expenditure, so to find out more accurately your energy requirements calculate your BMR here. [...]

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