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What do calories and calories mean?
Difference: Heat is the unit of energy, and 1 kcal is equal to 1000 calories, which is about 4 184 joules.

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of calories:

Calories, also known as capital letter C, are equivalent to the heat required to raise 1 000g of water from 14.5℃ to 15.5℃ at1atmospheric pressure, which is about equal to the internal energy of 4 186 joules.

Small card, also known as cal, is common in scientific research literature, 1000 small card = 1 big card (1 card).

Extended data:

Calorie (Cal for short), transliterated from English Calorie, is defined as the heat required to raise 1 gram of water to 1 degree Celsius at 1 atmospheric pressure.

Nutrition measurement and fitness manuals are still widely used, and the international standard unit of energy is Joule.