Good Calories vs. Bad Calories
No such thing. Sorry. A calorie is a unit of energy. To say there are good calories and bad calories is like saying there is good electricity and bad electricity. Energy can not be classified as good or bad.
S: (n) Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist’s calorie (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)
FYI: did you know a gallon of gasoline has 31,000,000 calories?
A kilocalorie is typically what most people talk about when they talk about calories and food. However, we will use the often used definition to define caloric intake, i.e. calories.
There are such things as good/bad carbs, good/bad fats and good/bad proteins. A carb/fat/protein is a macronutrient that is broken down into a calorie (a unit of energy). As that macronutrient is broken down it will cause different effects to happen to the body; i.e. bloating with bad carbs (processed), diarrhea with bad fats (processed or too high in saturated fats) and un-accounted extra calories from bad protein (a fatty piece of meat).
Think of it like this; 2000 calories from broccoli vs. 2000 calories from candy corn would do totally different things to your body as its broken down. AS IT’S BROKEN DOWN. Not once it gets converted to energy.
