35 kcal?! 35000 calories????

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  • hmaddpear
    hmaddpear Posts: 610 Member
    8 oz is 250 ml ? Good to know. Thanks! I have been wondering that but never took the time to check. :flowerforyou:

    No. 8 oz = 236.588 ml. But it's easier to remember 250 and close enough for most purposes. I think cans in "metric countries" tend to come in 250 ml rather than 8 oz, but I'm not positive how widespread that is.
    250ml, 330ml and 500ml are the common sizes in the UK.
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    Don't forget 568ml... aka the Pint. A *very* useful measurement to know when in the UK! :laugh:
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    This site uses kilo calories too.

    "k" means "a thousand" so 35 kilo calories converted to calories becomes 35000. (35 * 1000 = 35000)

    100 ml of coca cola has about 46 kcal's or 46000 calories

    It's just easier to say "calorie" than "kilo calorie" in a conversation.

    Sorry, but no.....:o).

    Except yes.

    46 kcal = 46,000 cal = 46 Cal.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    1 calorie = the amount of energy needed to raise 1 cubic centimeter of water by 1 degree Celsius.

    1 Kilocalorie (KCal)= 1,000 calories

    1 Calorie (food calorie. Note the big C) = 1 Kilocalorie

    And just to confuse everyone else.... 1 calorie is equal to 4.184 Joules (J) at standard atmospheric pressure, which is also another unit of measurement. So, one Calorie will equal 4,184 Joules or 4.184 Kilojoules. Thanks for reminding me all about the stuff I am forgetting in AP Chemistry. :noway:
  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
    According to map my walk I burned 48 kCal but when I enter that into myfitnesspal it says 125 Calories. So this clearly isn't the same thing... and it's bollocks and putting me off even bothering to watch what I burn etc...
    Who in their right mind would create something different that means the same... bloody English.... over it.:sad:

    Thats a different error source: MFP overestimates calories burnt. One source is telling you 48, another 125. Go with your other source usually, for example, I always adjust my elliptical trainer time to reflect the amount I burnt, not the time I spent, so I'll have weird increments like "17min elliptical trainer" instead of the 25 I spent, or something similar.

    Just adjust both the time and the calories. Much easier to keep track of both the time you've spent exercising and the amount of calories you've burned.
  • BBTVRichie
    BBTVRichie Posts: 1
    The simple explanation is there is no such thing as a Calorie but in fact TWO types of Calorie, Large Calories and Small Calories.

    35 kCal is 35,000 Small Calories

    But when you are talking about culinary, diets, food, health, recipes, etc you need to use the Large Calories

    35 kCal is 35 Large Calories (or Food Calories)

    It is this second calculation you need not the first

    You need a conversion rate of 1 kCal = 1 Cal and NOT 1 kCal = 1000 Cal

    This is the main reason why it is best to stick to kCal, to avoid confusion!
  • kittennugget1
    kittennugget1 Posts: 1 Member
    Thank you so much for this forum string...i was like what?!! I just had 108,000 calories of Sake!!!!! LOL
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