Herpes-in-space t1_j2ddy34 wrote
Reply to comment by marcuschookt in ELI5: If I were to eat a thousand Snickers bars, I would put on significantly more weight than if I were to eat a thousand heads of cabbage despite the huge disparity in weight of the pre-consumed food. Where does this mass come from? by marcuschookt
Calories are the unit of measuring heat energy. You should actually light a peanut on fire and light a dried piece of cabbage on fire.
Which one burns hotter, brighter, longer? This is actually the test they do in the lab to figure out calories, using a device called a bomb calorimeter.
It's chemical energy just like gasoline in your car. Not all gas is the same octane.
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