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the measure of energy the body is able to produce from food
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What is a free calorie counter?
A free calorie counter usually refers to an online tool used for counting a day's worth of calorie intake. They generally include a database of foods and the ammount of calories they contain, as well as an option for adding new foods.
What is a negative calorie?
A "negative calorie" refers to a food that takes more energy to digest than calories it yields. A common example is celery. Negative calorie foods can be an important part of a weight loss diet since they fill you up without too many calories.
What does kilocalories mean?
Kilo means 1,000, so kilocalories means a thousand calories.
What is the meaning of calorie and Calorie?
Its a calorie
What is the deference of a nutritional calorie and a chemical calorie?
A nutritional Calorie is 1000 times a chemical calorie.
What is the relationship between the Calorie and a kilocalorie?
The difference between a calorie and a Calorie is calorie is a smaller unit than Calorie and it takes 1000 calorie's to make a Calorie. The Calorie (kilocalorie, kcal) is 1000 calories - a more useful unit and widely used.
What is a calorie also known as?
a scientific name for a calorie is a kilo calorie
Which is the largest unit of heat transfer calorie or calorie or joule?
The Calorie.
What is the difference between a energy calorie and food calorie?
Calories can be broadly classified as1.large calories2.small calories1. Large calories : This is also called as kilogram calorie, dietary calorie, nutritionist's calorie or food calorie."It is the energy required to increase the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C under 1 atmospheric pressure."In conversion, 1kcal = 1 cal (in terms of large cal)2. Small Calories : This is also called as gram calorie. (the other term you are refering in the question, 'calorie')"It is the energy required to raise the temperature of 1gm of water by 1 degree C under 1 atmospheric pressure"In conversion, 1Kcal = 1000 cal (interms of small cal)So, when you are talking about 'calories', it refers to small calories.And when you are talking about food calories or calories related to dietary facts, it refers to 'large calories', and remember the conversion holds.
What is the ratio between a food Calorie and a scientific calorie?
The small calorie is equivalent to 4.2 joules. This is the scientific calorie, and it is usually replaced with units in joules. The kilogram calorie is the dietary or nutritional calorie. It is the equivalent of 4.2 kilojoules, 1000 times greater than the small calorie.
What are some good calorie trackers?
You can get a calorie tracker here www.everydayhealth.com/calorie-counter.aspx.
What does the food type calorie mean?
what is calorie
