Have you ever wondered EXACTLY how much of each nutrient you are supposed to eat each day based on things like your sex, weight and age? Here is a very cool calculator that lets you discover your daily dietary needs for things like Protein, carbs, fat, vitamins, etc. It is individualized...
A placemat is disclosed having a scale, a calorie calculator, a memory for storing calorie and other nutritive intake history, and an interface that allows for communication and synchronization with outside computer entities.doi:US20070050058 A1Zbigniew Zuziak...
If you’ve ever tried to calculate the total calories contained in food by the macronutrient content but have then become unstuck with your final figure, this article could explain why. Energy conversion factors The Atwater system[1] is used in the food industry to determine the total calorific...
If you wish to lose weight, generally you need to have a higher energy expenditure than the amount of energy you take in (through food). Most diets involve reducing your intake, but you can also lose weight by increasing your energy expenditure. You could just do more exercise, which is ...
1 calorie equals the amount of energy needed to heat 1 gram of water with one degree Celsius. Here, metabolic processes are not just too complex to understand; measuring individual food expenditure and intake is also practically impossible in daily life. Currently, such precise measurements can ...