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Title: Calorie guidelines could be wrong
Post by: bijou on November 14, 2009, 10:14:18 AM
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People who stick to the advised 2,000 calories for women and 2,500 for men may actually have been depriving themselves for no good reason, and could safely consume an extra few hundred a day.
A draft report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has suggested that the guidelines could be increased by 16 per cent, leaving room for a cheeseburger or two packets of crisps.
 
The committee say nutrition experts have underestimated levels of physical activity in Britain and set their advice on energy intake too low. ...
I can haz extra bacon (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6565842/Calorie-guidelines-could-be-wrong.html)
Title: Re: Calorie guidelines could be wrong
Post by: DixieBelle on November 14, 2009, 10:31:15 AM
Mmmm.........bacon!!!! :-) Never too much bacon.
Title: Re: Calorie guidelines could be wrong
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on November 14, 2009, 10:53:51 AM
Unless people were actually counting the calories on food items and losing more weight than they expected to under the old numbers, the change is meaningless since it means the old recommended daily intakes were still too high.
Title: Re: Calorie guidelines could be wrong
Post by: Crazy Horse on November 14, 2009, 11:33:42 AM
BACON