Why Knowing Your Recommended Daily Calorie Intake Is So Important.

Why is it important to know one's recommended daily calorie intake? Knowing your total calorie gives you two important benefits. First, it tells you how many calories you must have daily to maintain your present weight. Second, if you know your recommended daily calories, you can decrease your total calories by only 500 and you will lose a pound of fat per week. "We are what we eat" Some people incorrectly think that they're making the right health choices just because a magazine or their friends recommended something. Is it actually healthy to trust such unconfirmed information? Let's take a look. I think you'll be very surprised. Let's take an avocado for example. It's very healthy for you if you have a slice with a meal because it has good fats that will break down bad fats. Some people read this and they forget that eating more than a slice isn't actually good for you. If you eat an entire medium-sized avocado, you're eating 4 grams of protein, 15 grams of carbohydrates, and 31 grams of fat. Now what do these numbers mean? Let's take a closer look at how this one avocado would affect your overall recommended daily calorie intake. There are four calories in each gram of protein, four calories in each gram of carbohydrate, and nine calories in each gram of fat. You'll notice that there are over twice as many calories from fat than there are from proteins and carbohydrates. This cannot be a good thing. If we add all the calories up from just one avocado, you get a total of 346 calories! Remember that even good fats get stored if you don't use them up. Knowing your recommended daily calorie intake can be helpful benefit in this situation.