Food Choices! Are all Calories Created Equal?

Food Choices

Not all foods are equal even if they have similar protein, carbohydrates and fat values. There is still much debate in the nutrition industry about if all calories are equal. Without making things too make things more complicated, I will try and explain why.

Proteins: 

Each protein is actually a long chain of tiny building blocks called an ‘amino acids’. Think of amino acids are lego blocks that are used to build bigger structures (proteins). Each different source of protein has a different balance of amino acids, with Eggs having the most complete balance of amino acids. This makes Eggs one of the best protein sources. Getting a variety of protein sources is the best way to make sure you have plenty of all these amino acids. However, some protein sources are lacking a good balance of these amino acids.

Carbohydrates: 

Carb foods all contain different types of carbohydrates and varying levels of fiber. Simple sugars, although considered to be a carbohydrate, as mentioned previously, do not react the same way in our bodies as a naturally formed complex carbohydrate. Complex carbohydrates are the goal! Try to make sure your carbohydrate sources are high in fibre and unprocessed.

Fats:

 Fat foods are also not all same, each has a different chemical structure and plays different roles in the body. It’s true we are advised to reduce saturated fats, however, some natural fats such as those from coconut oil have many proven benefits. Once again, choosing a range of natural unprocessed sources for our fats will provide us with all the fats our bodies require.

Simplified example: 

Even if we hit the same calories/protein/carbohydrate/fats when consuming bad quality foods, the result will not be the same. The poor quality proteins will not supply the body with quality building blocks to create muscle and lean body mass. The poor quality carbohydrates will not give sustained quality energy and the poor quality fats will not give the same benefits of healthy fats.

Micronutrients:

 Within each food, we eat there are actually thousands of unique chemicals but some of them are more important than others. Micronutrients are chemical compounds that we require to stay strong and healthy

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