Monday, February, 13, 2012

Kilocalorie

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Weighing In: kilocalorie vs. Calorie

Question: What is the corrolation between KCalories as presented on my heart rate monitor and calories figures found on a purchased grocery item? Can one be converted to the other?

 

That is a great question, and something that I bet many people have wondered. A kilocalorie and a "Calorie" as you see it listed on a food label are one and the same. So, if you are using a heart rate monitor and it reads that you have burned 250 kilocalories while working out, that would be the same as buring...

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