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Healthy Calorie Intake Per Day

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What is the standard healthy calorie intake per day? The general standard of calories a person needs is different. Factors that influence such as gender, age, weight, physical activity, physiological conditions (eg pregnant women), and others. What is a calorie? Calories are the unit used to express the amount of energy. In general calories for the amount of energy contained in food. Calories can be obtained from the intake of nutrients that contain nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins. What is important to know the calories? The number of calories in the diet is necessary to calculate energy balance. If the number of calories consumed is less than calories used, the weight will be reduced because the energy from the fat reserves will be used. Conversely, if the number of calories in is greater than calories used, the weight will increase. Excess energy will be stored as fat. The excess fat can increase the risk of hypertension, obesity, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes1...