Eli5: what are calories?

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I get that is has something to do with energy, but so do a lot of things.

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A calorie is the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by one degree Celsius, 4.184 Joules. Food calories, or Calories (capitalized) are 1000 calories, or 1 kcal.

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