MO BOOK 13- LC 123. Burning fat. RC 123. Is a Calorie a Calorie Flashcards
team /tim/
First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with Rachael Ray to unveil the biggest overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years.
unveil /ʌnˈveɪl/
First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with Rachael Ray to unveil the biggest overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years.
overhaul /ˈoʊvərˌhɔl/
First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with Rachael Ray to unveil the biggest overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years.
takeaway /ˈteɪkəˌweɪ/
So the takeaway.
indulgence /ɪnˈdʌldʒəns/
They say little indulgences add up.
grand /ɡrænd/
Carry one of those bags, you can save a couple of grand a year.
rev up /rev/
And there is new science tonight that reveals that inside our own bodies is a secret weapon that if revved up, can help us burn the fat.
catch /kætʃ/
But there is one catch, you got to like it cold.
game changer
It’s a potential game changer in the battle of the bulge.
bulge /bʌldʒ/
It’s a potential game changer in the battle of the bulge.
metabolism /məˈtæbəˌlɪzəm/
There metabolism jumped by 80%.
lounge around
And while lounging around for 3 hours, their bodies burned an extra 250 calories, the equivalent of 30 minutes on the treadmill.
furnace /ˈfɜrnɪs/
The secret weapon? The cold. It appears to activate certain fat called brown fat, which acts like a furnace, heating up the body, causing it to burn calories.
brisk /brɪsk/
I’m actually burning about as many as calories as I would during a brisk walk.
thermal /ˈθɜrm(ə)l/
You can also use the thermal environment.
go to extremes /ɪkˈstrim/
More research needs to be done, and experts caution against going to extremes.
faddist
These two are not faddists but clear thinkers: actual scientists
derive /dɪˈraɪv/
It might help to first define a calorie, and that’s easy: it’s a measure of the energy derived from a food source.
carbohydrate/ˌkɑrboʊˈhaɪˌdreɪt/
A gram of fat has been determined to have nine calories and a gram of protein or carbohydrate four calories; so for any given measure, fat has more than twice as many calories as protein or carbs.
carbs
A gram of fat has been determined to have nine calories and a gram of protein or carbohydrate four calories; so for any given measure, fat has more than twice as many calories as protein or carbs.
confound /kənˈfaʊnd/
A food isn’t a food — they’re all different — but since a calorie is just a measurement of energy, how can it vary? When I asked my question, Nestle’s answer was confounding: “Yes and no,” she said, adding, “It’s Talmudic.”
talmudic /tælˈmudɪk/
A food isn’t a food — they’re all different — but since a calorie is just a measurement of energy, how can it vary? When I asked my question, Nestle’s answer was confounding: “Yes and no,” she said, adding, “It’s Talmudic.”
one thing or another
Because calories change as they enter the body, the nine grams for fat and four for everything else turn out to be not very accurate measures at all; besides, foods are only rarely one thing or another.
intake /ˈɪnˌteɪk/
Here’s what is true, she said: “The studies that have measured calorie intake, that have put people on calorie-reduced diets and measured what happened, show no difference in weight loss based on composition of the diet.”
incarcerate /ɪnˈkɑrsəˌreɪt/
When people are essentially incarcerated, when all intake is weighed and measured, they will lose weight if the calories in their diets are reduced — regardless of the composition of the diet.
experimental /ɪkˌsperɪˈment(ə)l/
“That’s why we hear a calorie is a calorie,” she said. “But no one lives under experimental conditions, and foods are complicated mixtures: fiber makes a difference and form makes a difference.”
mixture /ˈmɪkstʃər/
“That’s why we hear a calorie is a calorie,” she said. “But no one lives under experimental conditions, and foods are complicated mixtures: fiber makes a difference and form makes a difference.”
process /prəˈses/
The “calorie is a calorie” argument is widely used by the processed food industry to explain that weight loss isn’t really about what you eat but about how many calories you eat.
lack /læk/
But if it were just about calories, you could eat only sugar and be fine. In fact, you’d die: sugar lacks essential nutrients.
case /keɪs/
That’s an obvious case.
get past
And once you get past my perhaps lame “Is a calorie a calorie” question, you can begin to see something approaching the truth.
lame /leɪm/
And once you get past my perhaps lame “Is a calorie a calorie” question, you can begin to see something approaching the truth.