- plural of calorie.
calories
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And those diets are tailored by position since a midfielder, who may run more than seven miles in a match, burns more calories than a goalkeeper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Then she tried Johnson’s antiaging “protocol,” eating just 1,700 calories a day and taking 60 supplements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
For example, most of the UPF diets provided in these studies have higher energy density—meaning more calories per bite of food—which is known to cause people to gain a bit of weight.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
According to Longo, these differences remained even though people with the highest animal protein intake generally consumed fewer calories and otherwise had healthier diets.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
According to one modern reconstruction, Dawnland diets at the time averaged about 2,500 calories a day, better than those usual in famine-racked Europe.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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