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Not all calories are equal – a dietitian explains the different ways the kinds of foods you eat matter to your body

  • Written by Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Associate Professor of Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion, Mississippi State University
Not all calories are equal – a dietitian explains the different ways the kinds of foods you eat matter to your bodyEven if two foods share the same calorie count, there can be major differences in how they affect your body.Julia_Sudnitskaya/iStock via Getty Images

A calorie is a calorie is a calorie, at least from a thermodynamic standpoint. It’s defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius...

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