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I was trying to make a post on a Forum. It wouldn't sent though. The Forum had been attacked by a hacker and most of the posts had been erased, but I'm not sure if it was related. Anyway, I decided to post it here. The quotations are from a previous post that I was responding to.

"Low Calorie diet, calories start to build at a vary young age, even if they dont result in fat deposites they still line blood vesial walls and restrict blood flow, vary fit people can still have hart attacks at young ages if they dont eat properly."

I'm not sure if that's techincally correct. Calories are a measurement of energy. In the body, if the energy isn't used it is turned into fat. Those calories, of course, come from carbohydrates, fats and proteins. What is important is avoiding certain foods that contain "bad" fats and carbohydrates(and maybe proteins too). The worst carbohydrate is probably sugar(there are good and bad sugars too...the ones in soda are the worst, I think), and the worst fats are transfats. Try to avoid things that actually say that have transfats on the label. If it has "partially hydrogenated" in the ingredients list it has transfats too, but possibly not enough for it so show up in the nutrition facts.

Also,generally, if someone uses all of the energy they gain from food, and they eat enough fiber and drink enough water to flush out anything left over, nothing will build up.

I'm no nutrition expert but I think that's the way it works. I didn't mean for this to be so long. It's hard to explain that in a single sentence though.

Cooked greens may be a good staple food, because they contain lots of nutrients, minerals, fiber, and other good things, but they're not always pleasant to eat.