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energy budget, but it's fascinating. as one last note, if you've ever | energy budget, but it's fascinating. as one last note, if you've ever | ||
wondered why carbs and proteins are considered 4kcals a gram, and fats are | wondered why carbs and proteins are considered 4kcals a gram, and fats are | ||
9 kcals, know that it's the Atwater system, it's | 9 kcals, know that it's the Atwater system, it's digestibility-scaled (proteins | ||
have more raw energy, but we piss away 20% of the protein we take in), and | have more raw energy, but we piss away 20% of the protein we take in), and | ||
fats lack oxygen, supplying only energy-rich CH bonds (oxygen being the | fats lack oxygen, supplying only energy-rich CH bonds (oxygen being the | ||
