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minus-squareLurkingLuddite@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·18 days agoNuts have A LOT of calories. Some of them beat raw sugar for calorie density by a good margin.
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 days agoWell, yeah. They’re mostly fats. Fat is more than twice as calorically dense than sugar. 9kcal per gram vs 4kcal per gram. I’d expect pretty much all nuts and seeds to be more calorically dense than raw sugar.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agogiven all their nutrients its kinda amazing. calories, fat, protein, vitamins.
Nuts have A LOT of calories. Some of them beat raw sugar for calorie density by a good margin.
Well, yeah. They’re mostly fats. Fat is more than twice as calorically dense than sugar. 9kcal per gram vs 4kcal per gram. I’d expect pretty much all nuts and seeds to be more calorically dense than raw sugar.
given all their nutrients its kinda amazing. calories, fat, protein, vitamins.