MOSCOW, August 8 Epidemiologist, food hygiene expert Nikolai Dubinin told why it is useless to count calories when losing weight. According to him, calorie content does not depend on the energy value of the product, but on the method of its preparation. In order not to gain excess weight, Dubinin recommended sticking to a nutritious diet and playing sports.
"Calculate the calorie intake is not always necessary for healthy people with an active lifestyle. In addition, the concept of caloric content of products is quite subjective and often depends not on the energy value of the product itself, but on its subsequent processing. Counting the number of calories in fats, proteins and carbohydrates is also difficult, because first of all, a mathematical calculation is taken, not a chemical one. You may never know how much energy you have consumed, even after calculating everything on a calculator or following calorie tables & # 34;, — URA.RU quotes him.
Dubinin advised to make a diet that would include both proteins and fats, and carbohydrates. The doctor also noted the importance of limiting trans fats (semi-finished products, fast food), sugar control and physical activity.
"It is not true that consuming the well-known chicken breast with buckwheat every day is healthy. Nutrition should be varied, and eating habits should be formed based on the needs of the body", the expert added.