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Flyberius@hexbear.net 4 weeks ago
I always wondered with this experiment why burning the food gives an accurate measure of calories? Obviously our digestion doesn’t literally burn the food, so how are the two processes analogous?
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
You do oxidize food in your gut. Maybe not as completely as burning it. But in a proper bomb calometer, it is sealed if that helps it make more sense.
Flyberius@hexbear.net 4 weeks ago
Thanks for that. I guess in my head I feel there must be so much more to it. I need to read into it all