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a unit of energy invented to measure heat, now weaponized against your dessert.
means A unit of energy used to measure heat, especially the energy content of food and the energy your body burns.
from From the Latin 'calor,' meaning heat — the same root warming words like 'caldron' and 'scald.' French scientists in the early 19th century coined 'calorie' to measure the energy needed to heat water, long before it ever appeared on a nutrition label.
- true definition
- Heat to warm one gram of water one degree
- food calorie
- Actually a kilocalorie, a thousand times bigger
- counting myth
- Bodies absorb calories unevenly, defying neat math
- origin
- Coined in 1820s for steam engine science
- cold trick
- Iced water burns a few calories to warm
for instance
big mac — mcdonald's sandwich containing 550 calories
grande caramel macchiato — starbucks drink with 250 calories
snickers bar — mars candy bar at 250 calories per standard bar