what's the difference between eating 100 calories of candy and 100 calories of health food?
is the only difference things like heart health etc. like if you burn 2000 calories a day, and you eat 2000 calories worth of fat and bad sugars etc., would you not gain any weight? same as if you ate 2000 calories of health food and burned 2000 calories a day. so the ONLY benefit to eating healthy is that later in life you don't get health complications, and maybe you have a better immune system. or... does eating healthy make it so your body can burn more calories a day? my main question that i am getting at is that does eating more healthy make it so that you're body will burn more calories through out the day? like eating properly will the vitamins that you intake help your body to function more properly hence burning more calories? babyblue : ok lol first off, that question is what it is, i'm asking if you will gain weight eating the same amount of calories of bad food as good food. and also, it is possible to burn 2000 calories in a day, every burns about that maybe more without lifting a finger everyday. "burning" calories doesn't mean working out or exercising necissarily. you burn a certain amount without doing anything everyday. maybe you should educate yourself. :)
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one of them helps your muscles, and the other helps you're fat tissue
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the type of carbs that are in it.
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yea its the same thing.....its just thathealth foods give u nutrients...but no atter if u eat 6 billion calories of butter or 6 billion of fruit...u still gain the same amount of weight...its just the fruit will give u some good vitamins...
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The difference would be the fat and sugar content in the candy - overall you would gain weight from the candy rather than healthy food ashealthy food has vitamins and water - candy is just sugar and fat.
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u get more vitamins
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Generally, you get a lot more food with 100 calories of health food, compared to 100 calories of candy, so you tend to feel more full and more satisfied. It's also a pretty rare person who can stop at just 100 calories of candy. In addition, fats, etc, will tend to do other nasty things to you, like clog your arteries; where healthy foods will tend to help clear out deposits in your arteries, and give you nutrients you need to maintain your body, and fiber that helps keep you regular and reduce chances of colon cancer, where candy just gives you a sugar rush.
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the carbs in them and if u eat 2,000 calories of fatty sugarry stuff u still gain weight
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health food is obviously healthier. you would have to eat more health food to get 100 calories where you would eat less junk.
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health foods have other essentials, like vitamins. candy is just sugar
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Candy is empty calories from sugar alone, converted directly. Healthy food contains balanced minerals, fibres, fat, protein. The carbohydrates are converted to useful products in diet.
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vitamins/minerals. but if you get your daily recommendation of the vitamins and minerals elsewhere then there really isn't a problem. but also you have a daily maximum sugar intake and you can't go over that. so they're the reaosns people would recommend healthy food over sugar.
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If you burn 2000 and take in 2000, in theory you would not gain weight as intake would equal output, but your body is not theory, it is a mass of really confusing processes that bend the rules. Depending on when and how much you ate at any given time, you could gain fat. If you take in the calories slowly over the day, while your body uses what it needs, chances are it would take a long time, but you would eventually be deficient in protein, vitamins, minerals and other essential things not found in junk food. As long as your body needs the calories, it really doesn't matter too much what you eat to fill that calorie need. The healthier you eat the better. Why? Because healthy food is full of good things like fibre that really don't get digested and used as calories, so you can actually eat more healthy food and still do better than junk. Al http://phoenixbodystyling.blogspot.com/
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I am not a health expert but... If you eat 2000 calories worth of junk food, typically you'll be getting an unhealthy amount of fats, trans-fats, sugars, etc. and you will not be getting the healthy amounts of omega acids, vitamins, and what have you. You will gain wait, even if you burn the calories in one day just because calories is energy... which means... when the calories are burned all that's left is what else was in what you ate that day.
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Because the unhealthy food would have more simple carbs, it would be digested much faster than the health food, which has complex carbs, fiber, protein, or whatever. So unless you exercised immediately after consuming the junk food, it would be stored as fat pretty quickly. Not to mention you'd be hungrier sooner afterwards, because of the rise and fall of blood sugar. I'd go with the health food if I were you. :)
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The difference between 100 calories of bad food (candy) and 100 cals of health food is their ''degree of emptiness'', if we could call it like that. In very simple terms, empty calories are the ones that don't give you any nutrients or benefits, just energy. On the other side, 100 calories of health food would give you lots of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients to your body. Ã'd rather eat 300 cals of healthy food than 100 cals of junk. Hope this helps!
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dude, there's a huge difference. first you need to understand that they're made of different compounds and those compounds are utilized in different types of cells take bio AP if you're in high school. it helps you understand a lot about this stuff
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the 100 calories of healthy food goes to your energy and brain functioning and helps you to avoid diseases and function properly the 100 calories of candy goes straight to your hips and thighs
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That is the dumbest logic I've ever heard. First of all, not only does the fat store itself in your liver and it is so bad for your heart, you set yourself up for coronary heart disease, obesity...(yes you dont lose weight if you eat nothin but fat) because just cuz you burn off the calories, does not mean you will burn the trans fat, trans fat stores itself in your arteries and that's what kills you..i.t causes heart attacks. also, fattening food makes cellulite deposits on your bum, stomach and thighs. You can work out as hard as you want, but you will never get toned or have any definition if you eat junk food. It's just better to eat healthy food. Also, junk food leads to bad stomach problems, when you eat fattening foods, your stomach produces excess amounts of bile and stomach acid which helps to break down the fat stuff but at the same time, when you overproduce acid, you tend to be nauseated easier, you get a bad taste in your mouth, your breath stinks cuz of the acid content in your esophogas, it can lead to ulcers in your stomach, esophogas, intestines, you can become irregular, or constipated which can cause you a whole whack of symptoms. Lets not even get started on the fact that to burn 2000 calories in a day you'd need to work extremely hard for hours on end every single day...taht includes intense cardio and weight training. It's just not possible if you've got a life. Anyways, think about the fact that you're not only putting your life in danger, but you will end up fatter than you had expected...you need to educate yourself before you go thinking things like that
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