QuestionI have a few more questions. Are you saying the key to toning the body or maintaining one's weight is to watch the amount of calories you take in? I've always heard that people should follow a low-fat or low-carb diet.
Is 2000 calories a day still the norm?
Are people supposed to burn all the calories they consume each day when they workout?
Also, I've heard that people should consume no more than 275g of carbs a day, and only 50 of those should be sugar. My question is, does it have to be divided like that, 225g of regular carbs and 50g of sugar? Could it be 200g/75g?
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Followup To
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Hi. I have a question about low carb pasta brands like Dreamfields. Are these really ok to eat if you're trying to maintain a low carb lifestyle?
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Hello Danielle,
Nice to hear form you. You are better off just sticking with normal "whole wheat" pasta. The truth about low-carb diets and products is that they work, just not in the way their supporters claim. See, any diet that requires you to cut out a certain number of foods--fats, carbs, whatever--works in the short term for one reason: because it causes you to consume fewer calories. Weight loss is not based on how much carbohydrate one eats or how much fat one eats or how much protein one eats. It is based on taking in less calories then you burn and making gradual lifestyle changes.
Hope this helps. Hope this helps. Keep those questions. coming.
-George Rapitis, Nutritionist
AnswerDear Danielle,
The average calorie intake varies from person to person however, for the average person the recommnded amount is at about 2000 calories daily. The best way to manage weight and stay toned is to burn more calories then you take in daily. In order to do this, people should also strive to perform some physical activity for 30 minutes 3 times weekly.
When there are more calories being consumed then being burned the result will be weight gain even if they are low carb or low fat. The carbohydrate intake should be at about 275g daily with only 50g from sugar. Hope this helps.
-George Rapitis, Nutritionist
