Silly, silly question!!

FeeFee · Post by **FeeFee** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:30 pm

This MAY be a ridiculous question, but its been bugging me, so I may as well get it out -----are calories EXACT? I mean, if I eat a banana, which totals 90 cals for example...does body take in all of those 90 cals? --What about the pieces that might get stuck in teeth etc?
Sorry, I HAD to ask.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:04 pm

it needs to be digested to be absorbed...how much actually sticks in your teeth????

even then if you have a "leaky gut" or something you won't actually absorb all the cal's anyway

i wouldn;t be concerned with it anyway, no calorie counter is 100% correct anyway

FeeFee · Post by **FeeFee** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:54 pm

swanso5 wrote:it needs to be digested to be absorbed...how much actually sticks in your teeth????

even then if you have a "leaky gut" or something you won't actually absorb all the cal's anyway

i wouldn;t be concerned with it anyway, no calorie counter is 100% correct anyway

thats what I thought. Just wanted to confirm it

Thanks.

jonwade · Post by **jonwade** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:13 pm

OK, now I am being pedantic - but why do we call them calories? The numbers we are talking about are actually kcal aren't they? That's surely a thousand calories?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:35 pm

i don't think i follow what you mean? kilojoules???