calories

Are Wearables Accurate at Detecting Calorie Burn?

It’s easy to attribute omnipotence to one’s devices. I’d hate to know what my iPhone knows about me. That said, there are still aspects of existence that Silicon Valley has yet to quantify (though not, I’m sure, for lack of trying). Calorie-burn might be one of these. While countless apps/devices profess to track it with…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz Jan 11

Ancient Humans Didn’t Turn to Cannibalism For the Calories

Humans have been eating other humans since the beginning of time, but the motivations behind this macabre practice are complex and often unclear. Some anthropologists say prehistoric cannibals were just trying to grab a nutritious snack, but new research shows that human flesh—as tasty as it is—doesn’t pack the same caloric punch as wild animals.…

Tech News George Dvorsky Apr 6

More Than Half of All Calories Eaten in America Now Come from Processed Food

Americans are used to breaking down their foods into different groups—and to plenty of different opinions about just what that breakdown should look like. But there’s another category of food we haven’t been tracking, one that now makes up more than half of everything we eat. Instead of breaking down food into the more traditional…

Health Ria Misra Mar 9

Why Your Exercise Routine Might Suddenly Stop Helping With Weight Loss

A new gym-goer finds an exercise routine, sticks with it, and the pounds start coming off at a regular clip—until something changes. Not the person; they’re still exercising as hard as ever, sometimes harder, but the weight loss has stopped. What happened? A new study in Current Biology looks at the problem that’s plagued some…

Tech News Ria Misra Jan 28

Why the Calorie Is Broken

Calories consumed minus calories burned: it’s the simple formula for weight loss or gain. But dieters often find that it doesn’t work. The calorie is broken—and this is why. “For me, a calorie is a unit of measurement that’s a real pain in the rear.” Bo Nash is 38. He lives in Arlington, Texas, where…

Tech News Cynthia Graber & Nicola Twilley — Mosaic Jan 27

How much do you have to work out to burn off the junk food you eat?

If you want to be remotely healthy, don’t eat junk food. It’s that simple. Because it’s really not worth it (oh but it is, sometimes) when you try to burn off all those bad calories you just ate. Think about the exercise! Think about the weights! Think about the cardio! Think about all that when…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 10

What exactly is a calorie and why do we care?

By now, in 2015 with gluten excommunicated from diets and paleo celebrated and superfood vegetables being discovered left and right, we all generally know what kind of food is good for you and what kind of food is bad for you. But do most of us really know what a calorie is other than a…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 14

The Buzzkills At The British Medical Journal Want To Ruin Your Weekend

British Public Health Doctor Fiona Sim says it is time that alcoholic beverages be treated the same way as other food items in the EU. Labels on alcohol products should indicate caloric value in addition to other nutritional information. Most adults who drink, she says, are quite unaware of the energy content of their preferred…

io9 George Dvorsky May 1

How Long It Takes to Burn Off a Thanksgiving Dinner 10 Different Ways

For once, let’s not lie to ourselves about how we’re going to “take it easy” this Thanksgiving. Most of us are going to give thanks by indulging like gluttonous pigs. It’s okay, we can give ourselves a pass every now and then, but let’s be real: if we don’t want to have more chins on…

Tech News Brent Rose Nov 28

How Many Calories Do You Burn By Laughing?

It’s the day after the night before, and you ate way too much. So in the quest for marginal gains, how many calories might you be able to burn off by laughing your way through today? Peter Janiszewski finds out. I have been drawn to sketch comedy since my early teens. I religiously watched every…

Tech News Peter Janiszewski PhD - PLoS Blogs Nov 28

A Simple Problem That Shows Just Why We Need Posted Calorie Counts

Quick, how many calories would you say are in an order of cheese fries with a side of accompanying ranch dressing? What about a burger and plain fries? Keep those numbers in your head for a minute, you’ll need them to solve this problem. The new calorie count regulations handed down by the FDA today…

io9 Ria Misra Nov 26

GE’s Made a Microwave That Can Measure the Calories on Your Plate

Health and fitness monitoring is helping us all look after ourselves a little better, but there’s one stumbling block: calorie intake is still self-reported, making it laborious and often inaccurate. GE, however, thinks it has a way to change that. Researchers from the company have developed a prototype device which uses low-energy microwaves to measure…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 8

A Tricorder That Automatically Counts All The Calories In Your Food

It’s impossible to know how many calories we’re about to consume just by glancing at the food on our plate. That’s why the researchers at GE are trying to build a universal calorie counter. Here’s how it would work. The quest to build a machine that can automatically count calories in any food was spearheaded…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 2

A Calorie Tracking Image Recognition App Keeps Portions Under Control

Worried that you’ve piled your plate too high at the buffet? Researchers at SRI—the folks who created Siri before Apple bought it—are working on a new app that uses image recognition and clever AI to provide a fairly accurate estimate of the calories you’re about to consume. Similar apps already exist, but they either rely…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 8

Want the Most Booze per Calorie? Skip Liquor and Go For Champagne

In surprising booze news, Wonkblog’s Christopher Ingraham gives an unexpected (and classy) spin to conventional drinking wisdom: if you’re looking to get the most alcoholic punch per calorie, don’t reach for “the hard stuff.” You’re better off drinking champagne or sparkling wine. The whole evaluation is great—you really should read Ingraham’s entire data-driven look at…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Mar 29

What 3000 calories looks likes in everyday food

When you eat a big meal like a Thanksgiving Dinner or feast during the holidays or gorge out on Super Bowl party platters and leftovers, you’re probably eating a lot more than what your body is used to. Some sources say those heavy party dinners can range anywhere from 3,000 to 4,500 calories. That’s quite…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 4

What does 200 calories look like in 25 foods?

If you find calories hard to visualize, check out this great visual food index that show what 200 calories look like. I’m surprised at the tiny amount of canned peas that it takes to make two glasses of Coca-Cola.

Sploid Jesus Diaz Nov 18

The Most Random Ways to Burn 200 Calories

Calories are pretty nebulous. We’ve taken a couple of looks of what 200 of ’em actually look like in terms of real food, but there’s a more important question: what do you have to do to get rid of them? You know all the classic answers, but ASAP Science has a couple of stranger alternatives…

Tech News Eric Limer Jul 11

What Does 200 Calories Look Like?

The answer to the question of how much can you eat of different foods before you hit 200 calories varies, depending what you’re consuming. Two hundred calories is a whole lot of apples, but less than half of a Big Mac. It’s a plate full of broccoli, but more like a spoonful of peanut butter.…

Health Leslie Horn Jun 24

How Much Sugar Really Is in Food?

Sugar is sweet, sugar is delicious, sugar is lovely but sugar can be so terribly bad for you. How much sugar is in foods and drinks you love? Like a soda or orange juice or cereal or even baked beans? Sugar is everywhere! That white cocaine powder adds up. BuzzFeed made a video visualizing the…

Health Casey Chan Apr 5

calories

Are Wearables Accurate at Detecting Calorie Burn?

Ancient Humans Didn’t Turn to Cannibalism For the Calories

More Than Half of All Calories Eaten in America Now Come from Processed Food

Why Your Exercise Routine Might Suddenly Stop Helping With Weight Loss

Why the Calorie Is Broken

How much do you have to work out to burn off the junk food you eat?

What exactly is a calorie and why do we care?

The Buzzkills At The British Medical Journal Want To Ruin Your Weekend

How Long It Takes to Burn Off a Thanksgiving Dinner 10 Different Ways

How Many Calories Do You Burn By Laughing?

A Simple Problem That Shows Just Why We Need Posted Calorie Counts

GE’s Made a Microwave That Can Measure the Calories on Your Plate

A Tricorder That Automatically Counts All The Calories In Your Food

A Calorie Tracking Image Recognition App Keeps Portions Under Control

Want the Most Booze per Calorie? Skip Liquor and Go For Champagne

What 3000 calories looks likes in everyday food

What does 200 calories look like in 25 foods?

The Most Random Ways to Burn 200 Calories

What Does 200 Calories Look Like?

How Much Sugar Really Is in Food?

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