Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 25 days agoAttempt to motivate people to take the stairslemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down15
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minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·25 days agoThat is not how much calories you burn btw. Its much less sadly.
minus-squarePregnenolone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoFor the purposes of nutrition guidance, a kilocalorie and a Calorie are the same unit. Yes. It’s confusing.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoApparently a kilocalorie(kcal) is equivalent of a thousand calorie, and because the actual calorie value is so small in terms of nutrition, the term basically used in the same way as kilocalorie.
That is not how much calories you burn btw. Its much less sadly.
For the purposes of nutrition guidance, a kilocalorie and a Calorie are the same unit. Yes. It’s confusing.
Apparently a kilocalorie(kcal) is equivalent of a thousand calorie, and because the actual calorie value is so small in terms of nutrition, the term basically used in the same way as kilocalorie.