• Golden Lox@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    what is typically called a ‘calorie’ is actually 1000 of the real unit.

    the real size of a calorie is too small to used effectively, but saying ‘kilocalorie’ is too long or smth idk.

    people just need to use kilojoules and fuck Imperial off.

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      9 days ago

      Wrong, a Calorie is 1000 calories. Virtually nobody uses calories though so don’t worry about it too much.

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          9 days ago

          Exactly. They use a unit representing 1000 calories. They don’t use calories. In the US we use “Calories” which are 1000 calories. Lowercase c calories are just too small of a unit to be useful and virtually nobody uses them.