So yeah they are going to be messed up for the average person who takes in an average of 3,000 calories.
Thing is though, your average person isn't supposed to be eating 3k calories a day. Only people exercising an hour or more a day. Once you get to more it'll usually spike exponentially, guys like Michael Phelps eat 12k calories a day. I eat like 5-6k a day with all the snacks I eat, but I work out 4-5 hours a day, six days a week. It depends on intensity of workouts and time honestly. Your average male should probably be eating around 2k calories a day, maybe 2.5k at most. Knock women down 1k. That's why they base it off of 2000 calorie diet. Serving sizes are put in place because those kind of foods aren't meant to be eaten in one go. The ideal diet is percentage based. You want mostly carbs, grains and the like, followed by fruits and veggies, dairy, meats, and other. Fish are great to eat. The nutritionists here say that daily supplement vitamins are kinda bad for you, they'll sap your energy and will give you less nutrients than actual food would. Really only a good substitute if you're on a diet... But yeah, Pedlya, watch Supersize Me. That movie didn't bug me in the slightest but it was very informative. Also when you watch it keep in mind that McDonalds is preparing their food differently now, they're using different kinds of oils when they fry their stuff.
Not true, if you are doing high-performance activity Energy drinks are fine.
Energy drinks are banned in the NCAA, if your urine content is too saturated with caffeine you're inelligible. They're really !@#$% for you anyway, if you need the energy, get a good night's sleep (Easier said than done sometimes) and eat plenty of food. Seriously, health crusaders make food sound bad, but it's more about what you eat in relation to what you eat than what you eat that makes a difference, ya know?
Other fun facts, a grande Starbucks coffee has the caffeine concentration of six Mountain Dews. It surpasses your recommended maximum caffeine intake per day, clocking in at 350 mg, where most experts say you should have 340 at the most.
Muscle burns fat really quickly. The best way to lose weight is to lift weights. You'll gain weight in muscle but you'll lose fat and just be in general better shape. It'll also speed up your metabolism.
Eating a whole box of cheez-its... somehow I'm not understanding how 26 cheez-its is an unreasonable amount. A whole box seems like just being a pig in my opinion.
I don't know much about Cheez-Its but I'd imagine 26 of those suckers is like stuffing a McDonalds cheeseburger in your mouth. They're filled with saturated fats and sodium. BTW excess sodium is bad for you.
It looks a lot better if the food looks healthier, even though they are not giving an accurate representation of what someone would actually eat.
Fat people's an international epidemic, and its caused by both the food industry and people themselves. If people would get off their asses and go to the gym, they'd be able to eat like they do now. Unfortunately, a lot of tasty foods are designed just for that. They want you to taste good and feel good, by destroying your innards and making you feel bad in the long run, all for a quick buck. McDonalds having salads that are worse for you than Quarter Pounders is a testament to that.
Well, that's the reason serving sizes are so small; the foods you eat are !@#$% and they want you to eat as little as possible. When something is that high in calories; they're not going to recommend that you eat an assload of it.
That's a mistake a lot of people make. You need to find balance in your food above anything. Calories by themselves are a useless number. If you're intaking too much sodium but are right on the money on calories, you're still eating unhealthy.
Well, Irish people have potatoes to eat, and Belgians tend to eat a lot of eggs.
Eggs are pretty much amazing for you. Just watch out for cholesterol. Great source of protein, better than beef. Also, don't overdo protein. At most protein sources should be about 20% of your diet. And potatos are useless, empty carbs. That's why Ireland had that famine problem years ago.
