What is the difference between saturated fat and calories?
ina nutshell, saturated fatty acids have no double bonds between the carbon atoms of the fatty acid chain; hence, they are fully saturated with hydrogen atoms. They can be broken down by the body for energy, this energy is known as caloires: 1 kcal actualy means one kilo-calorie. A calorie is a meausrement in which it takes to increase the temperature of water by 1 degree. the following taken from wikipedia:(2) “The unit calorie has historically been used in two major alternate definitions that differ by a factor of 1000: The small calorie, gram calorie, or calorie (symbol: cal) is the amount of heat (energy) required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by 1 °C. The large calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie (symbol: kcal), or Calorie (capital C) is the amount of heat (energy) needed to increase the temperature of one kg of water by 1 °C, exactly 1000 small calories, or about 4.184 kJ.
