| Our
body needs energy to do any work, even to sit ideal. This energy
is measured in terms of calories. Even when we sleep,
about half a calorie is burnt every minute. A man requires about
1600 calories in a day with normal activities. Whereas a person
doing no work at all requires about 800 calories a day.
Thus, the amount
of calories we require depends on the way we spend our lives.
More physical activities require more calories. If a person
spends 1600 calories a day and also intake the same
amount of calories, then he will be neither overweight nor
underweight.
But besides
calculating only the calorie intake, to be perfectly healthy,
one should also know the proper amount of all the nutrients and
should avoid stress along with proper amount of exercise each
day. |
|
Calorie chart |
|
Activities |
Calories spent/minute |
| |
|
|
|
| Sleep |
0.6 |
| Read |
1.4 |
| Eat |
1.8 |
| Converse |
1.8 |
| Write |
1.9 |
| Stand |
2.2 |
| Drive Car |
2.1 |
| Slow Walk |
3-4 |
| Casual Walk |
4-5 |
| Fast Walk |
6-8 |
| Jogging |
7-9 |
| Running |
10-12 |
|
