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Empirically speaking 4/4/9 calories per gram of carb/protein/fat. So generally speaking no, 1lb != 3,000 calories.
by chriswitts 7y ago
Empirically speaking 4/4/9 calories per gram of carb/protein/fat. So generally speaking no, 1lb != 3,000 calories.
- indecisive_user 7y agoOP was referring to the amount of calories stored in a pound of adipose tissue, which is around 3500 kcals. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376744/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376744/