It is, of course, very easy to weigh raw foods exactly, and I found that I lived an active life and kept physical health upon slightly less than 2,500 calories a day.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
They are expressed in calories, which is a heat unit representing the quantity of fuel required to heat a certain small quantity of water a certain number of degrees.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
The whiskey is not an essential part of the treatment; it merely furnishes a few calories and keeps the patient more comfortable while he is being starved.
"The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes"
Lewis Webb Hill Rena S. Eckman