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minus-square@ikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish20•1 month agoAnd since a kilocalorie is what we would call a “calorie” from food, this shows precisely how you can’t outrun a bad diet.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agokcals are actually what we call Calories (note the uppercase letter). Most people don’t know that and just use lowercase without thinking though.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoExactly! But unless you’re in some very technical setting, people saying “calorie” probably meant “Calorie”/“kilocalorie”.
minus-square@EddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilink1•1 month agoThat’s weird… I wonder how that came to be like that
And since a kilocalorie is what we would call a “calorie” from food, this shows precisely how you can’t outrun a bad diet.
kcals are actually what we call Calories (note the uppercase letter). Most people don’t know that and just use lowercase without thinking though.
So Calories = kilocalories =/= calories?
Exactly! But unless you’re in some very technical setting, people saying “calorie” probably meant “Calorie”/“kilocalorie”.
That’s weird… I wonder how that came to be like that