Just found out that the dietary calorie is still measured by burning food in a “bomb calorimeter” and then measuring the heat produced. There’s no solid evidence that this method is at all equivalent to how our bodies process food (an entirely different chemical process from combustion), the accuracy of this system has been disputed for as long as it’s existed, and there are no available alternatives
There are 4800 calories in a kilogram of dry sawdust even though wood is completely indigestible to humans, because calories don’t measure nutritional value, just how well something burns
It doesn’t stop there though, almost everything we think we know about nutrition is kind of bullshit.
You need 2000-2500 calories a day? There’s no evidence to support that claim. It’s fully a made up number.
Calories in - calories out = weight gain or loss’? Absolute bullshit. No credible scientist believes this anymore. Your body compensates for dieting in like a billion ways to the point where reducing calorie intake often results in long term weight gain.
2 liters of water per day? Again: a made up number. ZERO evidence.
The BMI? Not remotely based on science. Absolute bullshit.
Being ‘overweight’ or ‘obese’ is bad for you? Heavily disputed for all but the highest weight categories.
And of course: there is no evidence based way to lose weight and keep it off. The idea that people can decide to be thinner if not supported by evidence. Almost every study shows that almost all humans just keep returning to their set weight again and again.
Vitamin supplements? We still don’t really know why they sometimes work and sometimes don’t. Your body seems to decide whether to absorb them pretty much on a whim.
It all falls apart the moment you go looking for evidence. It’s such a sham.
Hm. This seems suspect. When I was taking chemistry in 1988-9, we were told when learning to use the bomb calorimeter that they didn’t actually use that anymore. They just had worked out that a gram of fat had some number of bio-available calories, same for proteins and carbs, and they just calculated food calories based on how much fat, protein, and carbs was in a serving.
Do bomb calorimeters still get used in general? Sure. And while a lot of nutritional numerical claims are definitely on the BS side, most of the post sounds like “We don’t know for 100% sure, therefore believe nothing that THEY tell you,” conspiracy griping.
if you’ve only read one book or part of one book that counts as reading it, for the purposes of this poll
I read all of the books up to but not including Masterharper of Pern…by that point, the interquels and prequels were feeling like bad fanfic. Like, did she really need to establish every major aspect of Pernese society within the first generation after landing?
Chocolate chip but chocolate chip cookie dough is my favourite. I also had this banana fudge ice cream once that was really good.
Vanilla, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Rocky Road.
Cherry Vanilla. But I’ll also eat any other fruit (except peach) or non-chocolate flavor. (Chocolate is too close to caffeine, chemically, and gives me headaches.)
Of those listed, Peanut Butter…but it’s weird to think that it’s considered a basic flavor, given how hard it is to find outside of places like BR or Braun’s. Far more common is “chunks of peanut butter cup” ice cream.
The game will almost definitely use their Essence20 system (similar to D&D but in some ways more complicated), which would technically make it compatible with their GIJoe, Transformers, and My Little Pony TTPRGs. (GIJoe would be the least awkward fit due to the lack of a clear scale mechanic, but Welcome to Ponyvale would probably be the most interesting.)
