{"id":1007,"date":"2017-01-30T17:51:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T17:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myvitaminpacks.com\/mvp\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2022-12-05T07:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T07:57:24","slug":"counting-calories-good-versus-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.personanutrition.com\/blog\/counting-calories-good-versus-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"When Calories Actually Count: How to Eat More, Not Less"},"content":{"rendered":"When you think about calories, I am betting that you are under the impression that they all count.\u00a0 Well, they do and they don\u2019t.\u00a0 A great way to gauge if a calorie counts or not is by tracking how many you consume.\u00a0 If you are able to consume more than 2000 calories a day, your calories are most likely those that don\u2019t count, don\u2019t count towards your wellness that is.\u00a0 It is easy to eat high calories if you are eating nutritionally deficient foods, it is difficult to eat an abundance of calories if the foods you eat are nutritionally ripe.\u00a0 Calories that count are those that are nutritionally ripe and full of the macro, micro and phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals and fats that our bodies need.\u00a0 They fill us up, give us sustained energy, and revitalize our hormones, our brain functioning, and our overall metabolism.\u00a0 These foods include organic produce, vegetables, fruits, lean meats, fish, seafood, grass fed dairy products, free range eggs and natural organic grains.\u00a0 These foods are naturally nourishing and produce a low glycemic response within the body that maximizes healthy blood sugar and decreases overall adiposity.\u00a0 It is not about counting calories or restricting calories, it is about eating calories that count.\u00a0 Look at 300 calories of soda.\u00a0 All sugar, which raises our blood sugar causing our body to dump insulin which results in a \u201ccrash\u201d (and makes us feel terrible!) 300 calories of vegetables will normalize blood sugar, increase satiety, reduce inflammation and give sustained energy.\u00a0 Think about eating a bag of chips, you ingest processed potato, salt and trans fats, an easy 1000 calories that do nothing for your body.\u00a0 Now consider eating a salad, full of greens, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, kale, onion, garlic, olives, avocado, salmon, and egg, you receive a cornucopia of nutrients and a dose of heart-healthy fats that our bodies need for all bodily functioning including cardiac regulation and hormonal stability. These foods also lend to healthy skin, nourished hair and nails, strong bones and happiness.\u00a0 Your mood is directed by your food.\u00a0 That is why processed foods are termed \u201cJunk\u201d foods and they leave you feeling bad.\u00a0 They are useless, commercially driven and marketed food \u201cstuffs\u201d that increase adiposity, inflammation, depression, and disease.\u00a0 The calories in such products do not count towards anything but disease, obesity, and overall poor health.Here is the key to calories:\u00a0 Eat all you want of the best most nutrient dense foods. This is intuitive, the best sources of nutrients are vegetables and fruit.\u00a0 Do not eat processed foods, packages foods, refined sugars or drink any type of sweetened beverage (such as soda and fruit juices).\u00a0 Find great food and think your drink!\u00a0 Do not cut calories, but only eat those that count!If you are looking for the highest quality Vitamin and Mineral Supplements personalized for you, please go to www.personanutrition.com and take their on-line questionnaire providing individualized vitamin and mineral recommendations. Persona is the only Science Based supplement provider on the web today! Take advantage of their knowledge and use it to your health\u2019s benefit!This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging. Do not use the information from this article for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or homeopathic supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, contact your health care provider promptly. 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