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Diet types

The low-cal diet

In short, low calorie diet depends on the fact that in order to reduce weight, then you have to eat fewer calories than your body requires.

Definition of a calorie?
The calorie is the standard unit for energy measurement in dieting. The food calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise one cubic centimeter of water by one degree centigrade. If a food type has higher calories, then it will will give you more energy to use when your body converts it.

Low-cal food types include celery, swede, apricots, beef based meals, and skimmed milk.