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I consume black coffee (without sugar or milk). The weight of instant coffee powder I use is 3g. It's nutritional information is given to be 270kcal per 100g. Am I consuming too many calories? As per my calculations it's just 8.1 calories. Does 270 kcal means 270000 calories?
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Dear lybrate-user it definitely DOES NOT mean 270000 calories. It means 270 only. Its a unit and k is pronounced as kilo calories but doesn't mean that you have to multiply 1000 to that value.
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no just 270 calories,, as it is measured generally in k calories.
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If you are taking only one cup of coffee in a day then this is advisable to take. You are not consuming more calories. You should avoid more then 1 cup o coffee because of caffeine intake calories is the secondary thing.
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