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How many calories needed per day?

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Calories needed per day

Here are examples with guidelines for weight loss or weight maintenance. It depends on your body weight, body composition, level of activity, and health status. It also depends on whether you want to:

lose weight
maintain weight
gain weight.

As we do not know your health status, general guidelines are given.

2,500 calories per day for men (more if you are very active)
2,000 calories per day for women (more if you are very active)
If you need to lose weight, start by eating 300 to 500 less calories per day and exercise more
Some people like to find a professional trainer to give them a precise calorie intake.
In addition, cardio exercise is excellent for health or weight loss (and will burn more calories).

For the free fruit and vegetable calorie charts that are used as daily guides for either weight loss or weight maintenance, see the page links, further down this page, listed under Sources and Related Links. You can use the above guidelines to start with. Women and men will need between 1,700 to 2,200 calories per day to provide enough energy.

In addition, where your calories come from is crucial. Eliminate or strictly limit calories from refined processed carbohydrates (apart from the occasional treat). Refined processed carbohydrates are a major cause of heart disease, hypertension, weight gain, insulin resistance, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and many other diet related diseases. Replace those refined carbohydrates with 'fat burning' foods. By doing that you take full advantage of the thermic effect of fat burning foods. They are a far more nutritious source of calories for either optimum health, weight loss, or weight maintenance. If you are unsure what these two food types are, you will find lists further down this page, listed under Sources and Related Links.

So, for the free charts and lists to show you the way forward or to advance you further:

List of Refined Processed Carbohydrates (high calorie unhealthy foods to avoid or limit for either good health, weight maintenance, or weight loss)
List of Fat Burning Foods (to replace refined processed carbohydrates) and more about the excellent fat-burning thermic effect of these foods
Free Calories in Fruit Chart (for either weight loss or weight maintenance)
Free Calories in Vegetables Chart (for either weight loss or weight maintenance)
More information about the calories needed per day

See the page links, further down this page, listed under Sources and Related Links.
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