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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Obviously a good joke, and of course obligatory cal/kcal discrepancy here. This just seems like a good place to put this info:

Calories on labels are for calories absorbed, not for calories in the food (same with the 4/9/4 rule). So it'd be much less for gasoline, if it were possible to label with nutritional info.

[–] finitebanjo 6 points 2 months ago

I was about to ask if they properly converted to kcals used in dietary measurements and here your comment is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Woah woah, you're saying I can lose weight by chugging gasoline? Is Kerosene better?

[–] maniii 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is what JetFuel A / B is for ! Jet A does wonders for body-typeA and B for body-typeB !!!

/s for those who know, know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is this a reference to Salman Rushdie's Fraught Kings, with the jester and the body suit?

[–] maniii 2 points 2 months ago

Ehhh ??? :-D No idea as I don't read such controversial authors! X-D

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As far as I know calories are measured with a Bomb calorimeter meaning you are wrong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I was pretty sure of this too, and someone who used to work for the FDA told me it was calculated not measured 99% of the time

Here's a good video with some supporting evidence. I've looked it up for a couple foods; calculated calories on em

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UuN5HXctmYk