Fuzion Active - Vol 4 Apr. 2014 | Page 28

ARE ALL CALORIES THE SAME? But if that food doesn't add anything back to your body, then it leaves you in a state of having less nutrition than you did before you ate it. On the contrary, fresh organic whole foods are loaded with nutrients. Often times they are also loaded with the enzymes that your body uses to digest that particular food. Many people focus mostly on calorie counting when they are trying to lose weight. But the fact is that focusing too much on that single aspect of nutrition can do more harm than good. Why? Because not all calories are created equal. Now, in the literal sense, a calorie is just a measurement of energy. So yes, a calorie is a calorie. Our bodies use the energy that is stored in those calories to perform vital functions. And an excess of calories that we don't use gets stored as fat. So yes, it is important to be ]