calories
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We survive because flowers survive: Two thirds of our food calories, Mr. Haskell recounts, are flower-based.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The skipped meals and scarce calories soon showed when Kildunne returned to organised rugby.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
For the rest of your calories, try to drink them so your jaw doesn’t get a workout.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Those in the fasting mimicking group reduced their calorie intake for five consecutive days each month, consuming roughly 700 to 1,100 calories per day.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Back then, the Naylor farm produced more than two calories of food energy for every calorie of fossil fuel energy invested.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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