What does it mean to burn a fat calorie vs. a regular calorie?
Is a regular calorie just energy and a fat calorie calories used to burn stored fat?
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A calorie is a calorie, whatever it comes from. It’s a unit of energy. It’s just that 1 gram of fat has a lot more calories than a gram of protein or carbs.
Fat – 9 calories per gram
Carbs – 4 calories per gram
Protein – 4 calories per gram
That’s why eating a fatty food adds up the calories so quickly – it has a lot more calories per gram. Stored fat will take the same amount of energy to burn – 3500 calories per pound of fat.