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FeeFee
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 Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: Silly, silly question!! |
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This MAY be a ridiculous question, but its been bugging me, so I may as well get it out -----are calories EXACT? I mean, if I eat a banana, which totals 90 cals for example...does my body take in all of those 90 cals? --What about the pieces that might get stuck in my teeth etc?  
Sorry, I HAD to ask. |
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swanso5
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Location: melbourne, australia
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it needs to be digested to be absorbed...how much actually sticks in your teeth????
even then if you have a "leaky gut" or something you won't actually absorb all the cal's anyway
i wouldn;t be concerned with it anyway, no calorie counter is 100% correct anyway |
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FeeFee
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| swanso5 wrote: | it needs to be digested to be absorbed...how much actually sticks in your teeth????
even then if you have a "leaky gut" or something you won't actually absorb all the cal's anyway
i wouldn;t be concerned with it anyway, no calorie counter is 100% correct anyway |
thats what I thought. Just wanted to confirm it 
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jonwade
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| OK, now I am being pedantic - but why do we call them calories? The numbers we are talking about are actually kcal aren't they? That's surely a thousand calories? |
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swanso5
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| i don't think i follow what you mean? kilojoules??? |
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