What is worse carbs or calories?

Answer 1

Fat contain 9 calorie per gram. Your body needs fat but you should limit the amount of saturated and transfats you eat. You should eat those "good fats" found in nuts, olive oil, fish etc.,

So with that being said, if you are eating approximately 2000 calories per you should limit your fat intake to approximately 20%. So only 200 calories should come from fat.

Answer 2

Answer

Neither. You need carbohydrate in your diet for energy production. All food contains calories (fat contains more calories per gram than anything else). It's just a matter of balancing your diet so you eat protein, carbs, fibre etc and don't eat more calories than you burn up in your daily life/exercise etc.

Answer

Carbs are calories. The basic nutrients your body needs are carbohydrates, fat, and protein. NONE of them are bad for you. Your body needs all three of them to live.

Carbs and protein each have 4 calories per gram. Fat has 9 calories per gram. That is the only reason doctors recommend low-fat diets: fat has over twice as many calories per gram as protein and carbs.

Carbohydrates are essentially just sugar. Simple carbohydrates are the kind found in desserts and candies, while complex carbohydrates are the kind found in pasta, bread, potatoes, etc. These sugars (carbs) are the body's main source of energy. Unused sugars -- meaning, the excess carbs your body doesn't need -- get converted to fat.

If you cut ALL of the carbs out of your diet, then your body starts using your stored fat for fuel. That is how low-carb diets work.

The low-carb diet is just another unhealthy fad diet. There is absolutely no reason to cut carbs out of your diet. And low-carb diets require you to eat excessive amounts of fat and protein, which is harmful to your kidneys.

All you need to lose weight is to exercise and eat sensibly. "Eating sensibly" means eating small amounts of a wide variety of foods, with 40% of your calories coming from carbs, 30% from protein, and 30% from fat.

Also, exercise portion control. Put only small portions on your plate, eat slowly, and wait 10 to 15 minutes before helping yourself to seconds. It takes a little while for the signal that you are full to hit your brain, so eating slowly helps give the signal time to reach your brain. It may take awhile, but eventually you can train yourself not to overeat.