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'A calorie' is a 'A calorie'. Don't confuse macronutrients and their functions on the human body with how much heat they give off when burned. Yes, a calorie
by count 17y ago
'A calorie' is a 'A calorie'. Don't confuse macronutrients and their functions on the human body with how much heat they give off when burned. Yes, a calorie is a calorie - a joule is a joule and a newton is a newton.
A carbohydrate is NOT a protein and neither of the two are fats. Carbohydrates, proteins and fats are different. They even have, conveniently for discussion, different names! Guess what - they also have different uses and impacts on your body.
Semantics is important when you're discussing chemistry. I wish people would stop making this stupid argument.
- whimsy 17y agoThis is important. In fact, it might be useful to note this definition explicitly. A calorie is unit of heat... not a unit of nutrition. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie You can say there are calories in wood, particularly in the context of combustion (though it's more common to talk about that sort of thing in terms or BTUs or joules).