Calories

• A unit of ENERGYWhat calories do:

– The number of calories in a food is a measure of how much potential energy that food possesses

– We burn calories through metabolic processes

Calories in food FYI

• 5 lbs of spaghetti

• 1 piece of cheesecake

• 217 Big Macs

• Brew a pot of coffee

• Light a bulb for 1.5 hours

• Drive a car 88 miles

The calories in these foods could:

WOW! Calories!

• 3,500 EXTRA calories is stored as FAT (1 pound!)

• Burning 3,500 calories MORE that you eat converts that 1 pound of stored fat to ENERGY

• CALORIES IN & CALORIES OUT to maintain or lose weight

WATER VS. COKE

• 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated!

• Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime hunger!

• 8-10 glasses of water a day can ease back and joint pain for 80% of sufferers!

• A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory & trouble with basic math!

WATER VS. COKE

• Drinking 5 glasses of water a day can decrease the risk of:– Colon cancer by 45%– Breast cancer by 79%– Bladder cancer by 50%

ARE YOU DRINKING THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU SHOULD EVERY DAY?

COKE VS. WATER

• You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke & it will be gone in TWO DAYS!

• To remove rust spots from chrome bumpers: rub the bumper with a piece of tin foil dipped in Coke

• To clean corrosion from car batteries: pour a can of Coke over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion

COKE VS. WATER

• To remove grease from clothes: empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent & run through the regular cycle

• Coke will clean road haze from a windshield

• The highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove BLOOD from highways after an accident!

FYI

• The active ingredient in Coke is Phosphoric Acid.• Its pH is 2.8 and can dissolve a nail in about 4

days• Phosphoric acid leaches calcium from bones• To carry Coca-Cola syrup (concentrate) the

commercial truck must use the Hazardous material sign!

Now the question is…WOULD YOU LIKE A GLASS OF WATER OR COKE?

No more than 40g of sugar a day what?!

• Gatorade 20oz: 35g

• Cranberry juice 16oz: 68g

• Vitamin Water 20oz: 32.5g

• Coke 20oz: 67.5g• Hawaiian Punch

20oz: 72.5g

• Propel 16.9oz: 4.5g

• G2 20oz: 12g• Water any oz: 0g