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You are on a calorie counting diet but every label is in kilojoules do you divide by 4.1 to know how many calories you eat?
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∙ 16y ago
Well there's roughly 5 joules in one calorie, so divide it by 5 to find out how many calories there are.
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How do you read a food label and determine the percentage of calories?
kilojoules X serving size / 100 (x=Multiply) (/=Divide)
What is the difference between a calorie and kilojoules?
Calories can be broadly classified as1.large calories2.small calories1. Large calories : This is also called as kilogram calorie, dietary calorie, nutritionist's calorie or food calorie."It is the energy required to increase the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C under 1 atmospheric pressure."In conversion, 1kcal = 1 cal (in terms of large cal)2. Small Calories : This is also called as gram calorie. (the other term you are refering in the question, 'calorie')"It is the energy required to raise the temperature of 1gm of water by 1 degree C under 1 atmospheric pressure"In conversion, 1Kcal = 1000 cal (interms of small cal)So, when you are talking about 'calories', it refers to small calories.And when you are talking about food calories or calories related to dietary facts, it refers to 'large calories', and remember the conversion holds.
Show the relation between joule and calorie?
A calorie equals approximately 4.18 joules. To convert calories to joules, multiply by 4.18 To convert joules to calories, divide by 4.18
How do you calculate your fat gram budget for a day?
Take your ideal daily calorie intake and divide it by .30 which should give you your daily calories from fat. e.g 2000 calorie intake = 666 calories from fat per day. To convert to fat grams divide by 9. e.g. 666 fat calories = 74. So if your aim is a 2000 calorie per day diet, a maximum of 666 of those calories can be from fat which is equal to 74 grams of fat.
How many kilojoules should a teenager eat a day?
Calorie needs are often higher during the teenage years than any other time of life. During this period of rapid growth and development, boys require an average of 2,800 calories a day, while girls require an average of 2,200 calories a day. Below is a detailed list of calorie needs for teens by age, sex and activity level.
How do you convert kilojoules to joules?
To convert from kilojoules to joules you have divide by 1000. meaning 1 kilo joule is equal to 1000 joules.
What is the 4-4-9 method of calculating calorie ratios?
A gram of carbohydrates has about 4 calories, a gram of protein has about 4 and a gram of fat has 9. Multiply the calories per gram by number of grams of each macronutrient and divide by the total number of calories to get the percent of calories coming from each macronutrient.
How do you calculate non-protein calories to nitrogen ratio?
divide the total grams of protein by 6.25 to find out gm of nitrogen. Calculate the total number of non protein calorie. Divide the total # of NPC by gm of nitrogen will bw the answer.
Why do the food labels list the calories in food not the joules?
Depends what country you are from. In some countries (e.g. my country of New Zealand), the food labels show kilojoules of energy. In America, commonly calories is the measure of choice.You can convert to and from joules and calories:1 joule = 0.239005736 caloriesPersonally, I like using calories, so I divide the kJ's shown on the food label, by 4 (which is an approximate figure) to get the number of kCals.
How many calories in a rolo?
I got this answer from Calorie King http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-candy-rolo-caramels-in-milk-chocolate_f-Y2lkPTMwMTQ2JmJpZD04NTUmZmlkPTE5MTUyJmVpZD0zMDY5ODMzOTcmcG9zPTEmcGFyPSZrZXk9cm9sbw.html It gives it per package so just take the number of calories and divide it by the number of rolos in the package. I hope this helps :)
One slice of bread is 80 calorie Approximately how many calories are in 2 ½ slices of bread?
You simply do proportions. So... 1 slice of bread is 80 calories, 2 and a half slice would equal ? calories. 2.5 multiply 80 then divide by one. 2.5 slices of bread equals 200 calories.
How many calories are required to melt 200 grams of ice at 0C and raise the temperature of the water from 0C to 75C?
here , you multiply the the mass of the ice times the latent heat of fusion so the answer is5*3.33*(10^5)*(10^-3)=1665 Jouleso to convert the result into calories divide by 4.186(1 calorie -------------->4.186 Joule)the result is : 397.75 Calorie
