All Calories Are Not Created Equally

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  • KarPaeForPointOh
    KarPaeForPointOh Posts: 24
    1+1=Aardvark
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,589 Member
    LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »
    Yanicka1 wrote: »
    An inch does not equal an inch?

    Some men seem to think 1 inch = 2 inches when reporting length. :)

    LOL

  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,211 Member
    tigersword wrote: »
    A foot is not a foot because a foot of iron is totally different from a foot of plastic.

    We need a like button......

    I usually have a great deal of respect for Runners World (even though Rodale can be an extremely annoying company and promote a lot of weight loss nonsense through their other publications) but once again two completely unrelated arguments are being made.....a calorie is unit of energy and is always a calorie, CICO is about energy balance and weight loss and is simple physics.

    What you eat and how it affects your health is a completely different matter, you can over eat with fruits and vegetable and gain fat. Will you be healthier than the person doing the same thing snarfing down boxes of Twinkies - probably, but you'll still be overweight.

    The author may be an RD but she obviously failed Logic 101.

  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,484 Member
    Is it Friday yet?? Sure feels like a Friday to me on the forums.
  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,130 Member
    Oh boy.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,552 Member
    Serah87 wrote: »
    Is it Friday yet?? Sure feels like a Friday to me on the forums.

    sure as *kitten*'s going to be an interesting week at this rate!
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,161 Member
    AdieEve wrote: »
    This article does a good job of summing up why:

    http://m.runnersworld.com/the-starting-line/calorie-count-not-all-calories-are-created-equal?adbid=10152456923031987&adbpl=fb&adbpr=9815486986&cid=socHE_20141207_36739247

    Thanks for the article link. It does seem the comments at the end rocked some boats on here. :)

  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    sixout wrote: »
    Oh boy.

    Tell me about it.

    I've learned that a footlong is rarely actually a footlong these days.

    I warned the people at Subway about that...
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Time for the gifs?

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    NerdieMcChub wrote: »
    TheVirgoddess wrote: »
    shutyourpieholeandsquat wrote: »
    lmnop8r50lul.jpg

    This made me laugh and laugh. And laugh.

    Same here LOL Love it

    Me too!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Serah87 wrote: »
    Is it Friday yet?? Sure feels like a Friday to me on the forums.

    I'm wondering if every day might be like Friday until Christmas.
  • SGM_Adonis
    SGM_Adonis Posts: 1,565 Member
    1 Calorie = 4.18400 joules

    (1 calorie) + (1 calorie) = 8.36800 joules.

    (1 Kale Calorie) + (1 Mashed Cauliflower Calorie) = You're going to heaven.

    (1 Bacon Calorie) + (1 Nutella Calorie) = Burn in hell for eternity.


  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,564 Member
    hollydubs85 wrote: »
    Time for the gifs?

    Potato_gif.gif

    But it's not moving
  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,955 Member
    SGM_Adonis wrote: »
    1 Calorie = 4.18400 joules

    (1 calorie) + (1 calorie) = 8.36800 joules.

    (1 Kale Calorie) + (1 Mashed Cauliflower Calorie) = You're going to heaven.

    (1 Bacon Calorie) + (1 Nutella Calorie) = Burn in hell for eternity.


    See you hell my good man
  • xcalygrl
    xcalygrl Posts: 1,897 Member
    SGM_Adonis wrote: »
    1 Calorie = 4.18400 joules

    (1 calorie) + (1 calorie) = 8.36800 joules.

    (1 Kale Calorie) + (1 Mashed Cauliflower Calorie) = You're going to heaven.

    (1 Bacon Calorie) + (1 Nutella Calorie) = Burn in hell for eternity.


    For bacon and nutella, I'll gladly burn in hell for eternity.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,552 Member
    just for the bacon.

    Can I take bacon and cauliflower? - actually.
    - that sounds delicious- little cheese- little bacon- seared cauliflower?

    winner winner snack dinner.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    BlackTimber wrote: »
    Yanicka1 wrote: »
    An inch does not equal an inch? A calorie is a measure. As far as weight loss, a calorie IS a calorie. If you talk about health, it is a different story

    You're right. It is a unit of measure. The confusion comes in when you follow the digestion of the different Macro components. Different Macro components get digested differently. Some use more of the available food calories for the digestion process than others. IMO, that fact gets a bit overblown by some.

    No, that's not where the confusion sets in. That sets in when people use short hand when discussing differences in food.

    If people would use common sense phraseology:
    "a calorie's worth of <X food or macro> is not the same as a calorie's worth of <Y food or macro>", then the meaning is clear and there's no argument.

    Or, they could shorthand it and just use: "<X food or macro> is not the same as <Y food or macro>", again meaning is clear and there's no argument.

    When people start with "a calorie is not a calorie" and then segue from talking only about energy to what was digested to obtain that energy, then the discussion makes no logical sense.

    The semantics wouldn't be all that big of a deal, IF it were obvious that the posters understand the difference. But how many posts have there been that conflate CICO and macros/micros to the point that it's clear that the poster doesn't get it at all.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    LolBroScience wrote: »
    hollydubs85 wrote: »
    Time for the gifs?

    Potato_gif.gif

    But it's not moving

    Really? It is for me. :ohwell:
  • bennettinfinity
    bennettinfinity Posts: 865 Member
    JoRocka wrote: »
    just for the bacon.

    Can I take bacon and cauliflower? - actually.
    - that sounds delicious- little cheese- little bacon- seared cauliflower?

    winner winner snack dinner.

    I think that combination results in the destruction of the universe as we know it... still, for some, it may be worth it! ;)
  • KylaDenay
    KylaDenay Posts: 1,585 Member
    LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »
    Yanicka1 wrote: »
    An inch does not equal an inch?

    Some men seem to think 1 inch = 2 inches when reporting length. :)
    hehe

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