When I found out that the way we determined how many calories was in a given food ingredient, was by actually burning it and measuring the energy output, I knew whole concept was flawed. Our bodies simply don't "burn" food like that. We don't shit ash. There can't be a simple 1:1 correlation.

[–] tallwookie 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

shitting ash would be so much easier!

[–] m3t00 2 points 1 year ago

2 bags cheetos makes orange fart dust

[–] sylver_dragon 3 points 1 year ago

While there is more going on than calories in/calories out, it does make for a good starting point for many people. Part of tracking that sort of diet tends to lead to recognizing that you can eat a lot more of the healthier foods within those calories then you get from highly processed foods. Also that you're not burning off that big mac with normal exercise. It takes a lot of exercise to burn 1000 calories.