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2HousePlague · 03-06-2005, 11:17 PM

The calorie is a unit of energy, defined as follows: the amount of energy needed to raise 1 cl (1 gr.) of water 1 degree Celsius.

Unfortunately, the popular use of the unit "calorie" in the dietary/nutritional context is actually based on the KiloCalorie (1,000 calories) -- since our meal intake and our burn-capacity is on the order of millions of "calories" per day.

Accordingly, One Calorie on a Twinkie wrapper is 1,000 calories in the lab.

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03-06-2005, 11:17 PM
2HousePlague CURATOR Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the attic Posts: 14,572	The calorie is a unit of energy, defined as follows: the amount of energy needed to raise 1 cl (1 gr.) of water 1 degree Celsius. Unfortunately, the popular use of the unit "calorie" in the dietary/nutritional context is actually based on the KiloCalorie (1,000 calories) -- since our meal intake and our burn-capacity is on the order of millions of "calories" per day. Accordingly, One Calorie on a Twinkie wrapper is 1,000 calories in the lab. j- __________________ tada!