I get that is has something to do with energy, but so do a lot of things.
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A calorie is indeed a measure of energy. It is the amount of energy needed to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius.
When talking about calories in food, it refers to the amount of energy the body can generate by breaking down the chemicals in the food. Oh, and it also means *Kilo*calories (which are sometimes written as kcal or Calories with a capital C), ie if a food item has 250 Calories then it actually has 250,000 calories.
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