From what I understand, kilo is used for a 1000 units of something. Like kilometer is 1000 meters, kilogram is 1000 gram and so on. But when it comes to the food we consume, when we say coconut water has 18 kilocalorie/100 gm, why does it not mean 18000 calorie in general sense?
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Kilo calorie and calorie are not interchangeable. Kilocalorie and Calorie are. The capitalisation is important. A calorie is a very (relatively) small unit of energy, and a Calorie is a kilocalorie because we consume a large number of calories such that it’s just easier to measure in kilocalories. Then shortened it to Calories because it’s easier to say. Yes it’s confusing but it makes sense. Kind of.
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