Not all calories are equal – a dietitian explains the different ways the kinds of foods you eat matter to your body
- Written by Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Associate Professor of Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion, Mississippi State University
Even if two foods share the same calorie count, there can be major differences in how they affect your body.Julia_Sudnitskaya/iStock via Getty ImagesA calorie is a calorie is a calorie, at least from a thermodynamic standpoint. It’s defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius...