Saturday, July 4, 2009

2000 calories of health food vs junk food in a day

2000 calories of health food vs junk food in a day?
I have been wondering for quite some time, and it's a very silly question, but if you ate say, 2000 calories worth of chips and ice cream in a day, versus 2000 calories of veggies, bread, dairy products, and meat, would you gain weight? And how bad for you would it be? It would be the same caloric value, I guess just not the same nutritional value. I know it definately wouldn't be good for you. :P
Diet & Fitness - 4 Answers
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1 :
You would be getting 2000 calories but your fat -protein-carbs ratio would be way of.. you would probably get way to many carbs and gain weight from that.

2 :
I'd be worried about my Sodium (salt) levels.
3 :
the response from feeding has a totally different effect when whole foods are consumed vs. junk foods. every time you eat the levels of various hormones (insulin, cortisol, glucagon, etc.) change. whole foods have a very profound positive effect on the endocrine system after feeding while heavily processed foods have the exact opposite effect. there is so much more to losing body fat and gaining muscle than simply cals in vs. cals out. then you have to take into account the actual bioavailability of those nutrients. whole foods contain various natural enzymes that allow the body to properly utilize the nutrients that they contain, processed foods do not. just because a package of food says it contains a bunch of vitamins and minerals does not mean that those nutrients can be utilized by the body efficiently. many foods are also comprised of macronutrients in amounts that are found no where in nature. take for example a candy bar that contains a high amount of simple sugars and a high amount of fat. there is no naturally occurring food that contains a high amount of sugar and fat, that tells you something and that it's not meant to be. take the avocado its one of the highest fat fruits found and has a decent amount of carbs in it but most if it is fiber. so when you break down the nutrients it comes out to: 1 cup: 5 grams protein 23 grams fat 18 grams carbs (13 grams fiber) the net carbs are only 5 * the less processed foods in the diet the healthier and leaner you will be. there is nothing healthy about them at all. mass amounts of various chemicals in foods are the main cause of the decline in health that is being seen in industrialized societies today.
4 :
You should know that calories re all the same..from no matter what source you may take them. The healthy food is another issue here and it concerns other aspects of your health and other complications. But if you want to know more about weight loss I am inviting you to my weight loss journal: http://www.myhealth-forum.com/ . Hope it'll help