RE: [CH] Extra Virgin math

Brent Leatherman (brent@mail.feist.com)
Fri, 07 May 1999 09:36:32 -0500

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
>
>
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