calories

  • Are Wearables Accurate at Detecting Calorie Burn?

    Are Wearables Accurate at Detecting Calorie Burn?

    It’s easy to attribute omnipotence to one’s devices. I’d hate to know what my iPhone knows about me. That said, there are still aspects of existence that Silicon Valley has yet to quantify (though not, I’m sure, for lack of trying). Calorie-burn might be one of these. While countless apps/devices profess to track it with…


  • What Exactly Is A Calorie And Why Do We Care?

    What Exactly Is A Calorie And Why Do We Care?

    By now, in 2015, with gluten excommunicated from diets, paleo celebrated and superfood vegetables being discovered left and right, we all generally know what kind of food is good for you and what kind of food is bad for you. But do most of us really know what a calorie is other than a big…