Food is Fuel (and it’s not)

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If you’re a person who’s halfway concerned with health or fitness, you’ve likely heard the phrase “food is fuel.” Maybe you’ve seen in on a magazine or plastered cheaply to the dingy wall of your local LA. Fitness. You may have even thought, “what a useful way to think of food!” Calories in, calories out, or something. The comparison of the human body to a car, let’s…