answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Food items are measured in calories of stored energy because our bodies burn energy in amounts that we can also measure, and that measure is in the form of calories. A calorie is typically known as the amount of energy required to raise one gram of water one degree in temperature.

Much of the energy stored by our bodies is designed to be released fairly quickly from our muscles and from our deposits of fat. Muscles release this energy quickly so we can (historically) chase and catch prey, and also to elude predators.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

It is not, a calory is a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure ...

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why is human metabolism measured in Calories?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Where does the energy from human metabolism come from?

From the calories of what you eat.


What nutrients are most important to the human metabolism?

Nutrients important to human metabolism include the essential vitamins and minerals as well as a source of energy that is found in calories from sugar and fats.


How many calories are burned on a vibrating platform machine?

The human may increase its metabolism somewhat. Generally speaking, if you do the work to vibrate or whatever, then you burn the calories. If a machine does the work, the machine burns (its) calories -- which is not so helpful for the human.


Do different races of people have different fat burning metabolisms?

No, people of different races do not have different fat burning metabolisms. We are all human and metabolism food the same way on the inside -- calories in, calories out.


What is the food energy measured in calories kilograms or liters?

calories.


Do people burn calories at a different rate depending on their metabolism?

yes they do, it depends on their weight and their metabolism


What is defined as muscle activity that burns calories?

Metabolism


What type of energy is a human?

A human generates and uses chemical energy. Food (calories) are consumed and converted into energy through metabolism, which fuels bodily functions and activities.


What are the 2 things heat is measured in?

Heat is measured in calories or joules.


How are calories measured?

kilocalorie (kcal)


Why can a marathon runner eat over 6000 calories a day and not put on any waight?

Well runners build up a metabolism and they burn off the calories instead of gaining the weight. Well runners build up a metabolism and they burn off the calories instead of gaining the weight. Well runners build up a metabolism and they burn off the calories instead of gaining the weight. Well runners build up a metabolism and they burn off the calories instead of gaining the weight.


How can you make your metabolism be fast again?

to burn more calories