Definition of Calories. Meaning of Calories. Synonyms of Calories

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Definition of Calories

Calorie
Calorie Cal"o*rie, n. [F., fr. L. calor heat.] (Physics) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0[deg] to 1[deg]. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.

Meaning of Calories from wikipedia

- the Calorie Count of Packaged Foods?". Scientific American. Retrieved 8 September 2017. "Calories - Fat, Protein, Carbohydrates, Alcohol. Calories per...
- Rubner's notion that "a calorie is a calorie". The second claimed that obesity is a consequence of how the body partitions calories for use or storage. These...
- Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health (published as The Diet Delusion in the United Kingdom and Australia)...
- nutrition, empty calories are those calories found in foods and beverages (including alcohol) composed primarily or solely of calorie-rich macronutrients...
- known as calorie deficit, in British English calorific deficit) is any shortage in the number of calories consumed relative to the number of calories needed...
- 18 kJ/h (4.3 kcal/h). For example, a manufacturer of rowing equipment shows calories released from "burning" food as four times the actual mechanical work,...
- negative calorific impact. Foods claimed to be negative in calories are mostly low-calorie fruits and vegetables such as celery, grapefruit, orange, lemon...
- sugar-free sodas, zero-calorie sodas, low-calorie sodas or zero-sugar sodas) are soft drinks which contain little or no sugar and/or calories. First introduced...
- those that have 30% of their calories or less from fats. So, if a food contains fewer than 3 gram of fat per 100 calories, it is a low fat food. Examples...
- loss products and services Good Calories, Bad Calories a 2007 book by Gary Taubes CR Society International, formerly Calorie Restriction Society CALERIE,...