Antonyms for calorie
ˈkæl ə ricalo·rie

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1. Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorienoun

   a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

   Synonyms:
   gram calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie, small calorie, kilocalorie

2. calorie, gram calorie, small calorienoun

   unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure

   Synonyms:
   gram calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie, small calorie, kilocalorie

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1. Calorie

   Synonyms:
   The non-SI (International System) terms Calorie and calorie have been the source of confusion, as they differ only in that the 'large' calorie (also known as food calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram-calorie) is written with an uppercase C and the 'small' calorie with a lowercase c; 1 Cal = 4.186 kilojoules; 1 joule = 0.24 cal
   

2. calorie

   Synonyms:
   The non-SI (International System) terms Calorie and calorie have been the source of confusion, as they differ only in that the 'small' calorie (also known as 15º calorie, gram-calorie, microcalorie, small calorie, standard calorie) is written with a lowercase c and the 'large' calorie with an uppercase C; 1 cal = 4.186 joules; 1 joule = 0.24 cal
   

How to use calorie in a sentence?

1. Krista Varady:

   Instead of being better than calorie restriction, it's the same, so it's kind of like an alternative to calorie restriction.

2. Eric Ravussin:

   Even if the weight loss was a primary end point, I think that the question is really: What is the best strategy to get people to stick to a diet? we know daily calorie restriction -- if you have to count your calories every day and all that -- it's a tough one. I think that there's some hope that this alternate-day fast, or modified fast, would be a better or easier strategy, but ... the dropout rate is kind of alarming.

3. Robert Murray:

   In nearly all American schools, there remains ready access to high-calorie, low-nutrient foods and beverages from products brought into school by students, parents and staff.

4. Jennifer Harris:

   Most of the sweetened drinks say,' good source of vitamin C' or' 100 % vitamin C' but they have no or little juice, a lot of them say' low sugar,'' less sugar.' But they don't say it's because there's added low-calorie artificial sweeteners in there. It's just very confusing.

5. Keith Anderson:

   I don't know many patients who can accurately calculate their calorie intake, they may look up on the internet that a PBJ is X calories, but exactly how much peanut butter are they putting on their sandwich ? Are they eating the crust ? It all comes down to estimates.

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