If you want to lose weight, you must keep your calorie intake greater than your daily calorie intake.
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The human body consumes energy all the time, and energy is provided by thermogenic nutrients in food. Nutrients that can produce calories in food are protein, fat, sugar and carbohydrate. They are oxidized to generate heat for the body to maintain life, grow and develop and exercise. When there is too much heat supply, the excess heat will be stored as fat. After a long time, the body will get fat.
Nutrients that can provide calories in the diet are sugar (carbohydrate), fat, protein, alcohol, organic acids and so on. The calories they contain are: sugar (carbohydrate) 4 calories, fat 9 calories, protein 4 calories, alcohol 7 calories and organic acid 2.4 calories.
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