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Re:Calories in, calories out by nkozyra on Thursday October 23, 2014 @11:29PM (#8502011)
I've often wondered how we've come to the consensus of:

carbohydrate = 4 kilocalories protein = 4 kilocalories fat = 9 kilocalories alcohol = 7 kilocalories

It seems difficult to quantify this accurately without fully understanding human metabolism and how it utilizes energy sources.

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