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Wikipedia calorie (plural calories)

  1. (physics) a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C.
  2. (nutrition) the kilocalorie, kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1,000 times larger than the normal calorie. It is equivalent to approximately 4.2 kilojoules.

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Mon Aug 16 20:02:48 2010

The calorie is a pre-SI metric unit of energy. It was first defined by Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a unit of heat, entering French and English dictionaries between 1841 and 1867. In most fields its use is archaic, having been replaced by the SI unit of energy, the joule. However, in many countries it remains in common use as a unit of food energy.

Definitions of a calorie fall into two classes:

  • The small calorie or gram calorie (symbol: cal) approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C. This is about 4.2 joules.
  • The large calorie, kilogram calorie or food calorie (symbol: Cal) approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 °C. This is exactly 1000 small calories or about 4.2 kilojoules.

In scientific contexts, the name "calorie" refers to the gram calorie, and this unit has the symbol cal. Metric prefixes are used with this name and symbol, so that the kilogram calorie is known as the "kilocalorie" and has the symbol kcal. In other contexts, the kilocalorie is often referred to as a Calorie (capital "C"), or just a calorie, and it has to be inferred from the context that the small calorie is not intended. When referring to food energy, calorie refers to the large calorie.

In other words, 1 kcal = 1000 cal = 1 Cal

The conversion factor between calories and joules is numerically equivalent to the specific heat capacity of liquid water (in SI units).

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Thu Sep 2 23:30:31 2010

What is the average calorie content of a healthy diet meal?
Q. I want to lose five to ten pounds. I know the calories i eat should be less than what i burn off, but generally how many calories are in an average low-calorie meal?
Asked by Ali - Wed Sep 8 16:31:17 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
Apart from a calorie difference, what's the difference between cane sugar and splenda?
Q. Splenda is 0 cals and normal cane sugar about 15 cals. Is one better than the other, apart from the calorie difference, healthwise?
Asked by Simone - Sat Apr 22 18:29:50 2006 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Splenda is a man made product. Aside from the horrendous aftertaste, there was not sufficient time for studies of long term use prior to this product going to market. Look what happened with aspartame. For more info visit www.holisticmed.com www.mercola.com
Answered by Sharingan - Sat Apr 22 19:21:52 2006

Why is it assumed that everyone should avoid high calorie foods?
Q. I am thin and I am always looking to foods higher in calories. All I see on the net are things that center around low calorie stuff and that you should avoid high calories at all times. You know not everyone is wait consious. Forgot to say. I see people making comments that the goverment should out law high calorie foods.
Asked by Tony R - Sat Mar 21 19:21:09 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Because the majority of people have problems LOSING weight, not GAINING weight. Obesity causes major health problems where as being too thin usually doesn't, unless you have an eating disorder. Go to Yahoo news. They listed the highest calorie meals from major restaurant chains, today. If you want to gain weight, eat out more.
Answered by dubious - Sat Mar 21 19:33:19 2009

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