There's so much talk about calories on social media especially when it comes to weight loss. You may hear people calling calories 'bad' or you should 'avoid them as much as possible' but let's go down to the true meaning of what actually is a calorie and why we actually need it in our bodies. If we restrict calories, we are probably restricting much more... 
References:
Calories Total Macronutrient Intake, Energy Expenditure, and Net Energy Stores: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218769/#:~:text=Food%20energy%20is%20used%20to,of%20food%20sources%20of%20energy.
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