I've never even heard of protein calories

by Anonymous 10 months ago

All calories are from macronutrients. Protein is one of the macronutrients. Calories can come from protein, alcohol, carbohydrates or fat. If the calorie is from protein, it is a protein calorie

by Anonymous 10 months ago

...What exactly do you think a calorie is? A calorie is a unit of energy. A gram is a unit of mass. People don't care about the amount of calories in the protein in a dish they're eating because it doesn't make a difference. But they do care about the mass of the protein, or carbs, or fats, or fibre, or salt, or caffeine, because that does make a difference. Or, to put it another way: there is way more to nutrition than simply calories. I would even argue that calories are much less important than mass as a measure of food.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Grams of protein carbohydrates or fat can be directly converted into calories. They are different units but they measure the exact same thing. One gram of protein will yield a certain amount of energy, which is measured in kcal.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

But you don't care about the energy you get from protein specifically, because we don't eat protein as an energy source. We eat it because it breaks down into amino acids that are useful for many things in the body, such as muscle growth and repairing damaged tissue. The energy you get from it matters to a degree but it's not really as relevant as the mass when talking nutrition as a macronutrient, at least to the point where you need to differentiate a meal by each of its elements on a caloric level. Saying "We should measure everything in calories" ignores that we get a lot more from food than simply energy.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Or you could just do the math yourself because it's really easy.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

because nobody knows wtf protein calories are

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Carbohydrates are not the same. Carbs from sugar and carbs from beans are very different. knowledge of each ingredient is important here. I dont count calories from most carbs. I only limit carbs from sugar. And I want that info in grams.

by Anonymous 10 months ago