Big Mac in your calorie bank
When you put a Big Mac® in your calorie bank, how does that affect the rest of your daily caloric intake? Suppose you are the height, weight, and age that requires 2,000 calories per day. This is how it will affect you:
TOTAL INTAKE: Big Mac® meal with a large Coke and a small sundae in your calorie bank:
Percentages as % of 2000 Calorie Daily Allowance for Nutrition
- Calories 1380 out of 2000 = 69%
- Fat 29g ≤65g = 45%
- Cholesterol 175mg ≤300g = 58%
- Sodium 1570mg ≤2400 = 65%
- Fiber 11g 25g = 44%
- Carbohydrates 185g 300g = 62%
- Protein 33g 50g = 66%
While McDonald’s® does have some very healthy foods, people don’t understand the calorie intake/nutrition ratios of their calorie bank. Some examples of these values are interpreted as follows:
- Protein: 40 calories per gram of intake, unless you are trying to lose weight then it should only be 10-15 calories per gram of protein.
- Carbohydrates: about 6.5 calories per gram
- Fiber-80 calories per gram
- Sodium- ≤ 1 calorie per mg
- Cholesterol: about 6.5 calories per mg
- Total fat: ≤ 31 calories per gram
These values represent total daily food intake. If you think of your calorie bank as an empty bank when you wake up each morning, it will guide you to take in only what you need after you have a clear understanding of what your body needs. A Body Mass Index (BMI) together with a simple bioimpedance analysis will give you the facts you need to know about your body and what you need in nutrition and calories for a day. Knowing your numbers is important, as they vary from person to person based on age, height, weight, and activity level.
The baby boomer generation and the generation before it were born at the time of the biggest fast food boom in history. At that time we did not consider how calories affect the misuse of our daily food intake by type. Good nutrition is something to be taken seriously. The children born today are the first generation not expected to outlive their parents. This is largely due to poor diet, lack of exercise, and obesity. The current administration has taken some measures to regulate the activities of our citizens. There is no doubt that it will be effective. Eating habits formed throughout life are not easily modified. Each of us can educate ourselves on proper nutrition and exercise habits with the information available on the web in blogs and article webpages like this one.
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