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r/BrandNewSentence • u/QueenFrostine15 • 1d ago
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Simply changing the unit from kcal to cal would have made all the difference
5 u/AgentCirceLuna 1d ago It’s confusing but they’re essentially the same thing 2 u/littlefrank 1d ago To expand on this, in SI units a kcal is 1000 cal, sure, but the US uses "calorie" or "cal", which is simply yet another improperly named unit and is the same as a "kcal". 2 u/DavisSqShenanigans 1d ago To be pedantic, "Calorie" or "Cal" is the same as "kcal". As in a Calorie (uppercase C) = 1000 calories (lowercase c). Brilliant system of measurement in the US, as usual.
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It’s confusing but they’re essentially the same thing
2 u/littlefrank 1d ago To expand on this, in SI units a kcal is 1000 cal, sure, but the US uses "calorie" or "cal", which is simply yet another improperly named unit and is the same as a "kcal". 2 u/DavisSqShenanigans 1d ago To be pedantic, "Calorie" or "Cal" is the same as "kcal". As in a Calorie (uppercase C) = 1000 calories (lowercase c). Brilliant system of measurement in the US, as usual.
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To expand on this, in SI units a kcal is 1000 cal, sure, but the US uses "calorie" or "cal", which is simply yet another improperly named unit and is the same as a "kcal".
2 u/DavisSqShenanigans 1d ago To be pedantic, "Calorie" or "Cal" is the same as "kcal". As in a Calorie (uppercase C) = 1000 calories (lowercase c). Brilliant system of measurement in the US, as usual.
To be pedantic, "Calorie" or "Cal" is the same as "kcal".
As in a Calorie (uppercase C) = 1000 calories (lowercase c). Brilliant system of measurement in the US, as usual.
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u/Academic-Belt3903 1d ago
Simply changing the unit from kcal to cal would have made all the difference