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by xyzzyb 5443 days ago
I don't get it. The unit "calorie" already takes the different compositions of the food into account. It's simply a measure of how much energy a typical person's body will extract from that specific food.

A sugar calorie is completely different from a edamame calorie, but their end result regarding weight loss will be the same.

You'll feel completely different from both calories, but your scale won't.