To understand this process even more clearly, we can introduce a very important player in the weight loss game: the
calorie.
Calories
Calories are simply units of measure. They aren’t actually
things in and of themselves; they are labels for other things, just
like how an inch really isn’t anything, but it measures the
distance between two points.
So what do calories measure?
Easy: they measure energy.
Yup, the evil calorie – the bane of the dieter’s existence – is
really just a 3-syllable label for energy.
And it’s important to highlight this, because the body itself,
despite its vast intelligence (much of which medical science
cannot yet understand, only appreciate in awe) does not really do
a very intelligent job of distinguishing...