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We may often think about calories, especially when striving to follow a healthy balanced diet or when seeking to change our body composition. How many calories are in that piece of cake you long for? How many did you burn in that workout you’ve just finished? However, what really is a calorie, and how many do we really need?

It’s plain and obvious for us all to see that we come in a number of shapes and sizes. However, even with such diversity, we can ‘shoehorn’ everyone into one of three general body types known as ‘somatotypes, which define how our bodies store fat and react to different training protocols.

We’re all familiar with the term ‘Balanced Diet’ and are bombarded by media extolling the virtues of their version of it. However, would you really be able to recognize a balanced diet even if it came and slapped your round the face?