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minus-squaresgh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoKilocalories, certainly not. Maybe calories.
minus-squarerImITywR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoA calorie and a kilocalorie are the same thing when talking about nutrition/exercise. Which is 1000 “small” calories.
minus-squarebaldingpudenda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIn exercise, Kilocalorie and calorie are used interchangeably
minus-squaresgh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYeah, I just realized my mistake and attempted to delete my comment before anyone else could see it… no luck this time.
minus-squarebaldingpudenda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s cool. People will see it and learn.
minus-squareLittle_mouse@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThey try to make a distinction when referring to kilocalories as Calories, it’s literally just that Calorie (kcal) is capitalized and calorie (cal) is not. It’s a dumb system.
minus-squareNielsBohron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s all just because Americans have a pathological aversion to metric prefixes
Kilocalories, certainly not.
Maybe calories.
A calorie and a kilocalorie are the same thing when talking about nutrition/exercise. Which is 1000 “small” calories.
In exercise, Kilocalorie and calorie are used interchangeably
That’s mad
Yeah, I just realized my mistake and attempted to delete my comment before anyone else could see it… no luck this time.
It’s cool. People will see it and learn.
They try to make a distinction when referring to kilocalories as Calories, it’s literally just that Calorie (kcal) is capitalized and calorie (cal) is not.
It’s a dumb system.
It’s all just because Americans have a pathological aversion to metric prefixes