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Weight loss

A low calorie weight loss regime

In a nutshell, low calorie diet states that if you intend to diet successfully, the important thing to eat less calories than you need.

So what is a calorie?
The calorie is a unit for measuring food's ability to produce heat and energy. The 'calorie' is the the energy required to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at normal atmospheric pressure. If something has more calories, then it will will give you more energy to use when your body converts it.

Examples of low calorie foods include cabbage, cucumbers, apricots, steaks, burgers and chilis, and low-fat cheese.