BALANCE SHEET FOR YOUR BODY

What is your "total daily energy expenditure" (TDEE)? How to balance it? Let us learn
First, we must calculate RMR- Rest metabolic rate. It is the daily energy your body would burn in an awake, non-fasting, at rest rate.

For men,
RMR = 4.5W+15.9h - 5a+5
for women
RMR = 4.5w + 15.9h -5a-161
w-weight, h-height, a - age.

Now, you know your RMR. Next you must find your activity factor. The following table helps.

Level of activity activity factor
No physical activity 1.2
Light-intensity exercise
1-3 days /week 1.4
Moderate intensity
exercise 3-5 days/week 1.5
Moderate - vigorous exercise
6-7days/week 1.7
vigorous daily training 1.9

Now, we are ready to calculate TDEE
TDEE=RMR*Activity factor+0.1C

C is the calorie intake for the day. C is included because even to digest food energy is required.
The equation gives idea of your daily maintenance calories- the level needed to keep your current weight. Eating fewer calories than our TDEE will create a caloric deficit and should lead to weight loss and that eating more calories than our TDEE will create a caloric surplus and should lead to weight gain. So, find out your goal and stick to it.

Why protein is better than sugar?
While digesting the food, the body has to unpack the food; distribute it to right places; and dispose the waste.  Hence the body requires energy to digest, absorb and dispose the food we eat.
If you take 100 calories of protein, 20-30% calories will be used to digest it and your body will only get a yield of 65%-80% of calories from protein. But in the case of carbs, sugar, and fat, only 5% to 15% of calories is used for digestion and our body gets the remaining 85%-95% of calories.  Hence, the protein takes more calories for digestion and it get digested slowly.  There will be no spike in sugar readings.  So, the protein rich foods are preferable for diabetics.
Balance the food and enhance the life.

Comments

THE EARTH, A SUPER ORGANISM

JOIN MY COURSE: "Become a programmer in a day with python" A man called 'love lock' (what a name) proposed a theory called Gaia theory, named after Greek Goddess. It says, "Earth is a self-regulating organism like a human being. The organic life in it interacts with in-organic matter and maintains atmosphere, temperature and environment". Hence the earth is still suitable for the life to thrive. Imagine, in a particular place, there are lot of flowers. Some flowers are white and some are darkly coloured. We know, white reflects light and heat while dark absorbs the same. White flowers can thrive in hot climate. But dark flowers requires cold climate. The absorption and reflection balances and the environment reaches average, warm temperature at which both the flowers can co-exist. This is the essence of "Gaia" theory. On our earth, the oxygen constitute 20% of the atmosphere. The oxygen level is always mai

THE PARABOLA

A jet of water shooting from a hose pipe will follow a parabolic path. What is the so special about parabola. Y= x^2 Draw a graph for the above equation. It will result in a parabola. This parabola is also called unit parabola. Any equation involving square will yield a parabola. Example: Y = 2x^2 +3x+3 (also called quadratic equation) X= 2 and -2, both satisfies the equation 4 = X^2. Parabolic equations always have two solutions. Any motion taking place freely under gravity follows parabolic path. Examples: An object dropped from a moving train, A bomb dropped from flying plane, A ball kicked upwards. If a beam of light rays fall on the parabolic shaped mirror, they will be reflected and brought to focus on a point. This fact is made use of in Dish Antenna, Telescope mirrors, etc. Inverted parabola shape is used in the construction of buildings and bridges. Because the shape is able to bear more weight. A plane

DISORDER IS THE "ORDER OF THE DAY"

Imagine a balloon full of air. The air molecules are moving randomly inside the balloon. Let us pierce the balloon with a pin. The air rushes out. Why should not the air molecules stay inside the balloon safely and ignore the little hole? That is not the way the world works. The molecules always "want to occupy as many states as possible". Hence the air goes out in the open to occupy more volume. The things always goes into disorder (entropy) and the disorder increases with time. The above statement is what we call "second law of thermodynamics". Consider a cup of coffee on the table. Suppose the heat from entire room flows to your cup of coffee, the coffee will boil and the rest of the room will freeze. Freezing means bringing things to order and arrangement. It violates the second law. Hence it will never happen. Hence heat must flow from high temperature to low temperature and not the other way. The air molecules in y

sciencecapsules

Search This Blog