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Re:Effects of short-term fasting on cancer treatment by chriswitts on Monday September 02, 2019 @02:12PM (#20860838)
Empirically speaking 4/4/9 calories per gram of carb/protein/fat. So generally speaking no, 1lb != 3,000 calories.
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Re:Effects of short-term fasting on cancer treatment by indecisive_user on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @01:31AM (#20863929)
OP was referring to the amount of calories stored in a pound of adipose tissue, which is around 3500 kcals.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376744/

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