The 29,931 Day Diet Plan - Copyright Stuart Macfarlane
The Science of Dieting
Those who managed to stay
awake during the science lessons at school will recall the 42nd
Law of Thermodynamics. This states: “It takes 1 calorie to heat 1
gram of water by 1 degree centigrade.”
The importance point to
understand is that whenever we eat or drink anything that is below
body temperature then the body must use up energy, thus calories, to
heat it up to body temperature.
So one gram of fluid at
around 0 degrees when drunk will gradually be heated to 37 degrees –
this process will sap some 37 calories from the body.
For some foods and drinks,
provided they are cold enough, the amount of calories lost can be
more than the calories contained in the food or drink.
For example a glass of wine
is 4 fluid ounces, about 112 grams. It will contain 80 calories and
normally should be avoided. But by applying the 42nd Law
of Thermodynamics we can easily incorporate it into a calorie
controlled diet – provided the wine is well chilled prior to
consumption.
The mathematics are:
To raise 4 fluid ounces of
wine from 0 degrees to 37 degrees will take :
112 x 37 = 4144 calories
The wine contains 80
calories thus the net calorie loss = 4064 calories.
So a simple glass of wine with every meal will ensure that you need
never put on weight!
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