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= March 17 =

Energy obtained from alcohol and vinegar in the diet
How much energy do humans obtain from ingested ethanol or acetic acid? If any at all can be obtained, what's the process of getting the energy? --Doroletho (talk) 17:31, 17 March 2019 (UTC) PAGE ]]) 19:38, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * WP has an article on ethanol metabolism. catslash (talk) 18:42, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Energy obtained from food is usually expressed as Calories (although, confusingly, food Calories are equivalent to the physics energy unit of kilocalories). Pure ethanol has 7 kilocalories per gram, which acetic acid has 3.5 kilocalories per gram. --Ahecht ([[User talk:Ahecht|TALK
 * Note that the food Calorie should be capitalised to distinguish it from the standard calorie. 62.172.108.29 (talk) 10:05, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Anyone who knows enough to capitalize it will put a "kilo" in front of it instead. ;) Wnt (talk) 01:44, 20 March 2019 (UTC)