Which one will make you fatter - Carbohydrate calories Vs Fat calories ? According to studies it is clear that the source of the calories is really not important, Calorie from fat will cause a similar amount of weight gain as a calorie from carbohydrate.

Here are some facts about calories:

A gram of carbohydrates has 4 calories, a gram of protein has 4 calories and a gram of fat has 9 calories. Fat is twice as dense in calories than either protein or carbohydrates.

Calories are also the basic tool for weight control. The fact is that if you take in more calories than you need to sustain your current weight, you will gain weight. If you take in fewer calories than you need, you will lose weight.

So the quality of the diet matters.

Omega-3 fatty acids — found in salmon, walnuts and kiwi fruit — provide many benefits, including improving learning and memory and helping to fight against such mental disorders as depression and mood disorders, schizophrenia, and dementia.

The body cannot make its own omega-3 fats, they must be taken in through the diet, or in supplement form.

Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for normal brain function. Dietary deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids in humans has been associated with increased risk of several mental disorders, including attention-deficit disorder, dyslexia, dementia, depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Children who had increased amounts of omega-3 fatty acids performed better in school, in reading and in spelling and had fewer behavioral problems, says Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science.

Getting omega-3 fatty acids from food rather than from capsule supplements can be more beneficial, providing additional nutrients.

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The body mass index (BMI ), or Quetelet index, is a statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height.

BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. It was invented between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet during the course of developing “social physics “.

Healthiest BMIs range

Healthiest BMIs: for men - 23.5 to 25.0
Healthiest BMIs: for women - 22.0 to 23.5.

• You are overweight if you have a BMI above 25.0 and this overweight increases your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other illnesses.
• BMI nearing 15 is usually used as an indicator for starvation and the health risks involved, with a BMI <17.5 being an informal criterion for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.

Omega-3 fatty acids are considered essential fatty acids. The body cannot make its own omega-3 fats, so they must be taken in through the diet (or in supplement form). The fats are naturally found in oily cold water fish like tuna, salmon, and sardines.

The American Heart Association recommends eating fish (particularly fatty fish such as mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, albacore tuna, and salmon) at least 2 times a week.

Also known as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), omega-3 fatty acids play a crucial role in brain function as well as normal growth and development.

University Of Maryland Medical Center suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may be helpful in treating a variety of health conditions including.

• High cholesterol
• High blood pressure
• Heart disease
• Diabetes
• Weight loss
• Arthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Depression
• Bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Eating disorders
• Burns
• Skin disorders
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• Asthma
• Macular Degeneration
• Menstrual pain
• Colon cancer
• Breast cancer
• Prostate cancer

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