What Is a Calorie?

What are calories? How many do you need in a day? What does your body do with the calories that you consume? All these questions and more are explained in a clear, fun, and interesting way!

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Explain It to Me provides you with clear, fun, and interesting explanations on a variety of topics.

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References:

1. Mifflin, MD; St Jeor, ST; Hill, LA; Scott, BJ; Daugherty, SA; Koh, YO (1990). A new predictive equation for resting energy expenditure in healthy individuals. The American journal of clinical nutrition 51(2): 241–247.
3. E. Whitney, S. R. Rolfes, G. Hammond, L. A. Piche Understanding Nutrition, First Canadian Edition. Nelson Education. 2013.

Disclaimer:

This video may contain health and/or nutritional content. The content seen in this video is provided only for educational purposes and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

[johnatkins]

I came here wondering what a calorie is now I am an expert in human metabolism.

[wavefrontmaya]

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[vikramsarabhai]

A freakin awesome video. Please make more about the body. Supper informative & useful.

[neerajbolla]

Well, u EXPLAINED IT TO ME!!!! Great..

[PortugalIsabella]

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[MichelleSweeny]

I am studying to take the neta personal training exam and this helped explain the weight management chapter so clearly. Thanks!

[Ezude]

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[Ezude]

this was very interesting. explain to me what a lunar eclipse is

[mxmy]

Great video man! Straight to the point, covering all the basics in good detail - awesome illustrations as well.

[johnstevens]

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[markokozaric]

"The amount of energy required to heat"

what heat? What energy?

[bigbosscaos]

thats wicked i'm exactly my weight, height, and age

[CHH.]

This is a very good video! Explained it perfectly👌 Now I have a true understanding

[simply]

i feel like eating pizza after watching this

[beemayhemful]

This is frustratingly fast for kids to learn from, but thank you for the explanation and work making this video!

[nightbite]

A measure of calories is specific to a given reaction. Food calorimetry is based on an incineration reaction. This is not the reaction that takes place in the human body. The calorie also does not account for the hormonal effect of food which determines what the body does with the breakdown products of food. The calorie is only useful to measure the volume of some particular food.

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why i can't get fat?
i heard that seal fat consumed every day can get you fat. is it true?

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[MENSWEIGHTLOSS]

Very Well Done & Professional. - Tony Vassallo - Man on a Nutrition Mission™

[myhusbandsrib]

I luv this video, it helped me to understand what calories are. I am in no way counting calories. I don’t want to loose weight either. I just want to make sure I am eating right! Long story short, I am gluten free & have been eating a lot of gf breads. The carbs in most are pretty high I think; like 28 + grams per serving (1 slice). Do I burn carbs when I burn calories? Don’t want to store the carbs & become diabetic. Thanks in advance!