Jim Swayze wrote:

>Since I'm now convinced calories matter, I had the following thought this
>weekend.  If we want to count caloires, shouldn't we be thinking in terms
>of "effective calories" rather than bomb-calorimeter-derived calories? The
>proper factors might be:
>Carbohydrates = 1
>Protein = .8
>Fat = .55

Where did you get those values from?  I like the idea, but have
never read any scientific support for it---can you point me to
some documentation?

.:. Craig