I am cutting down my calories at the moment to lose a bit of weight. I had an apple last night for a snack and when I tracked it on my calorie tracker app I realised it was pretty much the same amount of calories as a small chocolate bar. Does this mean that if I’m trying to lose weight I might as well be having the chocolate bar instead?
Obviously there is more fat in a chocolate bar but when I Googled it it said you should focus on calories more than fat
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Let’s say you have some gunpowder and some coal. Both burn, both have energy. But the gunpowder burns really quickly where the coal burns a lot slower and will keep your fire burning better.
It’s the same for food. Sugary food will go straight through your digestive system where longer chain carbohydrates like brown rice or in this case an apple, will be much more filling for longer. You need to match this with your exertion. So sugar before a game is fine but would be useless to try run a marathon from 20 chocolate bars
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