Comments on: What does it mean to burn a fat calorie vs. a regular calorie? http://www.instantweightlosstips.com/2010/04/what-does-it-mean-to-burn-a-fat-calorie-vs-a-regular-calorie/ Latest Weight Loss Tips and Ideas Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: newbirth35 http://www.instantweightlosstips.com/2010/04/what-does-it-mean-to-burn-a-fat-calorie-vs-a-regular-calorie/#comment-227 newbirth35 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:59:40 +0000 http://instantweightlosstips.isoftmaker.com/?p=479#comment-227 A calorie is a calorie, whatever it comes from. It's a unit of energy. It's just that 1 gram of fat has a lot more calories than a gram of protein or carbs. Fat - 9 calories per gram Carbs - 4 calories per gram Protein - 4 calories per gram That's why eating a fatty food adds up the calories so quickly - it has a lot more calories per gram. Stored fat will take the same amount of energy to burn - 3500 calories per pound of fat. A calorie is a calorie, whatever it comes from. It’s a unit of energy. It’s just that 1 gram of fat has a lot more calories than a gram of protein or carbs.

Fat – 9 calories per gram
Carbs – 4 calories per gram
Protein – 4 calories per gram

That’s why eating a fatty food adds up the calories so quickly – it has a lot more calories per gram. Stored fat will take the same amount of energy to burn – 3500 calories per pound of fat.

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