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Associate Professor of Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion, Mississippi State University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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A calorie is a calorie is a calorie, at least from a thermodynamic standpoint. It’s defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius (2.2 pounds by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). But when it comes to health and your body’s energy balance, not all calories […]

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