We ?Burned? Food to Figure Out How Many Calories It Has

Did you know that a calorie label only has to be accurate within twenty percent? It’s a wide margin, but it exists for a reason: calories are complicated.

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Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson

Producers:
Andrew Sobey
Elaine Seward

Writer/Host:
Sam Jones, PhD

Scientific consultants:
Leila Duman, PhD
Janet Novotny, PhD
Joshua Petimar, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD

Sources:
Energy in pistachios
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21733319/
Baer D J, Gebauer SK, Novotny JA. Measured energy value of pistachios in the human diet. Br J Nutr 2012; 107 (1):120-5.

Energy in almonds
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22760558/
Novotny JA, Gebauer SK, Baer DJ. Discrepancy between the Atwater factor predicted and empirically measured energy values of almonds in human diets. Am J Clin Nutr 2012; 96 (2):296-301.

Energy in walnuts
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26581681/
Baer DJ, Gebauer SK, Novotny JA. Walnuts Consumed by Healthy Adults Provide Less Available Energy than Predicted by the Atwater Factors. J Nutr 2016; 146 (1):9-13.

Energy in different forms of almonds
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27713968/
Gebauer SK, Novotny JA, Bornhorst GM, Baer DJ. Food processing and structure impact the metabolizable energy of almonds. Food & Function 2016; 7(10):4231-4238.

Energy in cashews
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30586843/
Baer DJ, Novotny JA. Metabolizable Energy from Cashew Nuts is Less than that Predicted by Atwater Factors. Nutrients 2019; 24;11(1).

Weighing in on calories
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/2017-2018/april2018/weighing-in-on-calories.html

Calorie restriction
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/calorie-restriction-and-fasting-diets-what-do-we-know

H.R.3562 - Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990
https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/3562

What are calories?
https://www.livescience.com/52802-what-is-a-calorie.html

Understanding calories
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/understanding-calories/

Food label accuracy
https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2012/08/21/when-nutrition-labels-lie#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C%20Nutrition%20Facts%20labels%20are,not%20be%20violating%20the%20law.

Bomb calorimeter
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/bomb-calorimeter

How are calories calculated?
https://www.livescience.com/62808-how-calories-are-calculated.html#:~:text=To%20use%20this%20tool%2C%20scientists,only%20way%20to%20measure%20calories.

How Do Food Manufacturers Calculate the Calorie Count of Packaged Foods?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-food-manufacturers/

General chemistry: calorimeter
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sanjacinto-atdcoursereview-genchemistry1-1/chapter/calorimetry/

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