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what is a calorie?

Discussion in 'Health & Medicine Forum' started by WilliamJ, May 13, 2005.

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  1. May 13, 2005 at 7:02 PM #11
    Superfluous_Nut

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    sort of. calories in the diet sense are actually 1000's of calories in the scientific sense.

    so for a dietary calorie, it's amount of energy to heat 1 kg of water by 1 degree celsius (at sea level). this is probably what most people mean by "calories" unless they're scientists.
     
  2. May 13, 2005 at 7:10 PM #12
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    i'm no nutritionist, but i know that protein takes longer to release its energy than do carbs. carbs, especially simple carbs (eg sugars), hit you real fast and can play games with your blood sugar levels. i find i'm very susceptable to the sugar spike and crash that comes with simple carbs. having a fast metabolism, it's good to eat more protein to stablize your blood sugar. you don't get hungry nearly as fast after eating a big steak as you do after eating spaghetti.

    fat, i don't really give much thought to.
     
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