Scott - you're correct, except that as a general standard, people talking about human consumption, typically mean kcal when they say calorie. More semantics than anything else... B > Well, it's been a while since my last biology class, so correct me >if I'm > wrong, but: > 1 calorie = energy to raise the temp of 1 cc of water 1 degree > 1 kcal = 1000 calories > 3500 kcal = 3,500,000 calories (3.5 million cals) > For an "average" person's 2000 cals/day intake, that is energy >sufficient > to last 1750 days, or 4.7945 years. > Truly, an active lifestyle. > > Scott... not nearly that active... KCK > > ************************************************************************* Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense, zero brains.