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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1889218" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>Different fats have different structures and produce slightly different numbers of calories per gram - 9 calories per gram is just an approximation and there is no 'missing 54g'.</p><p></p><p>This article <a href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/calories-in-a-pound-of-fat#section2" target="_blank">https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/calories-in-a-pound-of-fat#section2</a> cites Max Wishnofsky as the originator of the 3,500 calories /pound figure in 1958. It also explains that the approximation, whilst reasonable in the short term, does not hold in the long term because the body changes as weight loss occurs. There are 2 links to calculators which do take these kind of changes into account, one of which is here:- <a href="https://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/at-niddk/labs-branches/LBM/integrative-physiology-section/research-behind-body-weight-planner/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/at-niddk/labs-branches/LBM/integrative-physiology-section/research-behind-body-weight-planner/Pages/default.aspx</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1889218, member: 52527"] Different fats have different structures and produce slightly different numbers of calories per gram - 9 calories per gram is just an approximation and there is no 'missing 54g'. This article [URL]https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/calories-in-a-pound-of-fat#section2[/URL] cites Max Wishnofsky as the originator of the 3,500 calories /pound figure in 1958. It also explains that the approximation, whilst reasonable in the short term, does not hold in the long term because the body changes as weight loss occurs. There are 2 links to calculators which do take these kind of changes into account, one of which is here:- [URL]https://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/at-niddk/labs-branches/LBM/integrative-physiology-section/research-behind-body-weight-planner/Pages/default.aspx[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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