9 sentences with 'calories'
Example sentences and phrases with the word calories and other words derived from it.
• « Potatoes alone would go on to reshape the demographics of all of northern Europe and several other regions of the world because they provide a wealth of nutrition and calories and can grow in poor, rocky soils. »
• « The iconic battles at the turn of the century between rifle-wielding European soldiers and the peoples they conquered in Africa and parts of Asia were not just about the guns; they were about the factories that made them, the calories that fed the soldiers, the steamships that transported them there, the telegraph lines that transmitted orders thousands of miles away, the medicines that kept them healthy, and so on... all of which represented a sea change, all of which represented an epochal change with respect to the economic and technological reality of the peoples who were trying to resist European imperialism. »
• « One of the root causes of the Industrial Revolution was the combination of rapid population growth and a more efficient agriculture that provided more calories to feed that population. »
• « Conditions in the ghettos were appalling: the official food ration 'paid' to Jewish labourers slaving for the Nazi war effort consisted of about 600 - 800 calories a day (an adult should consume about 2,000 a day to stay healthy). Potato peels were "as valuable as diamonds" to the ghetto inhabitants. »
• « The best way to achieve weight loss is to decrease your fat intake. Compared to protein and carbohydrates, fat is calorie-dense. The first two provide about four calories per gram, while the latter provides nine - more than twice as many. »
• « "If you consume the same number of calories from fat as from carbohydrates, you will gain more weight from fat," says Douglas Ballor, a physiologist who specialises in exercise. "This is because the former can enter cells without being transformed, whereas the latter have to be converted into fat to be stored. This requires energy, which burns calories. »
• « For years, experts have recommended that we restrict fat intake to 30 per cent of allowable calories. But, says Stamford: "If you cut back to 20 per cent, you'll see even greater changes. »
• « In a state of intense concentration, the brain organ can consume as many calories as muscles do during exercise. This is why thinking is sometimes as exhausting as physical activity. »