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are calories and kilocalories the same?
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- HermitLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
No. There are 1000 calories in a KCal ("big calorie"). A calorie is a very small unit of heat.
The KCal is the unit used for food. So when you eat 2000 "calories," you are actually eating 2000x1000 calories.
- Tommy BoyLv 41 decade ago
Kilocalories are 1000 calories, and Kilocalories are the ones on food labeling. So one "calorie" on a food label is technically 1000 "calories".
- nora22000Lv 71 decade ago
A calorie is a single unit of heat, what it takes to heat one cubic inch of water one degree centigrade (I think).
A kilocalorie is a THOUSAND calories--the prefix 'kilo' means 'thousand.'
- 1 decade ago
yes they just use calories.. so that its easier to comprehend and so that calorie counters dont go crazy
