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[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 2 points 2 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 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You do oxidize food in your gut. Maybe not as completely as burning it. But in a proper bomb calorimeter, it is sealed if that helps it make more sense.

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 2 points 2 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

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