Determining calories in food by burning it

[@thesniperxd5302]

* Hey what are you doing ? ** Nothing just " BURNING SOME CALORIES "

[@Pickledfeet165]

Booooooo!!!!!!!!

[@TylerTMG]

_* to do \/

[@TylerTMG]

*_this_*

[@yunuserdim8556]

KZbin shorts ahh comments

[@thesniperxd5302]

@@TylerTMG bud i know about this

[@younscrafter7372]

For anyone who doesn't know, potassium chlorate react to potassium chloride and oxygen gas when heated

[@BeanBon_X3]

In other words, the reaction has a lot of calories in it

[@badpiggies988]

So it becomes air and diet salt?

[@younscrafter7372]

@@badpiggies988 the flammable portion of the air is five times more concentrated, but other than that you're right

[@SethHixie]

It also makes the best bombs- I mean fireworks

[@doclime4792]

​@@badpiggies988so it's like if I took a breath and drank some gatorade but at the same time?

[@I_Am_Inside_Your_Head]

"Bomb Calorimeter" sounds like some type of wacky invention a evil cartoon scientist would make

[@ursulchannel3898]

PERRY THE PLATYPUS?

[@drvidushibeniwal874]

It is a simple mechanism and is taught in 9 th grade in india

[@michaelzoelisch6738]

Its called bomb because oxygen is pumped there st atleast 25bars so it has alot of pressure. Pretty much like a real bomb.

[@sudhanvakashyap297]

@@drvidushibeniwal874 tell me page no in ncert,you are bluffing

[@drvidushibeniwal874]

@@sudhanvakashyap297 I was in 9th long ago, it may be in 10 or 11 but I m sure it is in one of these classes. Or the syllabus has changed but the mechanism is simple

[@activision4170]

Just so people aren't confused, this is not how calories are actually counted on your nutrition label., It used to be this way but it's too expensive for companies. It's an approximation based on the number of grams of certain macronutritions. For example, fat is on avg 9 calories per gram. Just add it all up, and that's how it's done for food labels.

[@samvandervelden8243]

Yup, and to add to that there are various techniques used in chemistry to break down food into various components like fats protein and carbohydrates so that they can be measured

[@jambo5936]

Maybe, but for most products, the macronutrients dont exactly add up to the calorie content shown. Just find a product and count, i have found it never adds up, but its pretty close

[@activision4170]

@@jambo5936 I have done that before and it was the same or very close. The grams on the macronutrients is probably rounded, while calories are added with the non-rounded value (Guessing, as it's not surprising). Calories are calculated, not determined by heating. Also what you're saying doesn't disprove my point, the government doesn't hide how this is done.

[@jambo5936]

yea i tested it again ur probably right@@activision4170

[@Ardentic-aa]

Yet another reason to ditch the ridiculous calories model

[@EruBlue]

Best chemistry channel on youtube, thanks Phil!

[@chanahasnomana]

Nilered says hello 😂. Kidding, they both have their merits.

[@Mr_Astro-Vera]

@@chanahasnomana no Niall red is way better

[@tonyztyles]

@@Mr_Astro-VeraNile is cool sometimes but he has objectively demonstrated douche tendencies like embarrassing himself Because insecure fucks find that relatable and enjoyable 🤨🥱 Phil is a actually valid and respects himself while making learning fun , the end

[@dazenguile4215]

@@Mr_Astro-Verathey’re different.

[@Earlierfour]

​@@Mr_Astro-Veraboth are good

[@mocmeo4425]

"Do you even know how many calories is in that cheese burger" "Hold on let me get the lighter real quick"

[@markbuschbaum4151]

“this bright blue flame indicates a particularly sweet donut”

[@MrDavidMoyer]

LOL that purple color indicates potassium. Acesulfame potassium is a particularly sweet "zero-calorie" sweetener. It has zero dietary calories because our bodies can't use it as fuel, but it DOES have energetic calories because it will burn if you hit it with a flame in the presence of oxygen.

[@drdiscostu]

This is not happening

[@hermanpesina6328]

This is what I was looking for 😅

[@roncurtis8174]

I took a class in college called "Energy Tech for the Future". I was advised against enrolling in the course because it was much more challenging than other courses that would fulfill my lab requirement. I have never had a more enjoyable and interesting class in my life. I learned about burning calories (the literal way, as described in this video) and many other energy-related topics. Although these topics are irrelevant to my career in music, I am so thankful that I took the course

[@Leitz_Music]

“Bomb calorimeter?” *adds “-inator” sticker* “Okay NOW it’s evi” -Doofenshmirtz

[@vinitnannaware]

"Bomb Calorimeterinator!!" Now it has a self destruct button too.

[@feakhelek1]

@@vinitnannaware No, no, it's Bombinator Calorimeter. He's in the next Star Wars.

[@starcraft2f2p77]

Bomb Calorinator

[@Elliana2002]

According to Hank Green we EXPLODE it! Thank you for spreading this neat information.

[@otm646]

No, it's burned. You should listen to the people who actually make the equipment. Not random people on the internet who do science things for ad revenue.

[@Syndicate_LS]

@@otm646he literally said thanks for the neat info bc it was valuable…

[@beansfebreeze]

​@@otm646i stg people will find a reason to hate the nicest people

[@ludvig3242]

@@otm646 bad day?

[@Steve.._.]

​@@otm646"who do science things for ad revenue" ah it's ok kid I was jealous as a child too. Then I grew up. He's certified. Unlike you 😅 (it should be "who DOES science things")

[@gir489returns2]

When I was in high school, I actually ditched Algebra and would sneak into Chemistry class. Of course, I would get caught, but not because I was absent. The reason I got caught was I was the only one who kept submitting passing tests for the class. The principal didn't know how the handle the situation, he had never had a student leave class to go attend another class, he said he was stuck between "I want to punish you" and "I want to encourage this knowledge-seeking behavior." But in actuality, all I was really interested in was talking to the Chemistry teacher about the different kinds of acids I could use to decap integrated circuits, to which he would love to go on for hours and hours about the different kinds of solutions and how they would react, and how the silica in the chips would react once the acid worked its way through the epoxy. It was fun times. You remind me a lot of him.

[@warguy6474]

probably learn algebra before chemistry lol. Basic chemistry requires at least some basic algebraic knowledge.

[@gir489returns2]

@@warguy6474 At the time, I was doing advanced calculus work in C/C++. I tried to test out of the course, but they wouldn't let me.

[@MikehMike01]

Good fake story

[@thereplication2567]

Your lucky, chemistry class in my high school was boring. Nothing really EXPLODED, just expanding materials at a moderate speed.

[@TheInterestingInformer]

I wish I was more like you as a kid 🥲

[@iReima]

The bright blue flame indicates this was a particularly sweet donut.

[@HellishSpoon]

"How do we know how much calories in food we eat?" "we burn them" **Screaming**

[@Xecoda]

I want a hard cut of that 😂😂😂

[@tkbreen1381]

In college it was so funny telling people I was working with bombs but it was just this 😂

[@kabc0123]

I've always been curious, when a nutrition label is developed for a food like a banana or avocado, do the testers include the peel of the fruit when testing it? Or would they just include what is traditionally considered edible?

[@ManOfSteel1]

edible part where its actually edible fro example almond skin its edible but is mostly made of fibre.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

​@@ManOfSteel1Banana peels are also edible, but like you said: mostly fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Not many people eat the peel. I do, but most dont.

[@Staple_Tapeworms]

​@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger you can't just drop that you eat the peel and leave it at that

[@shriyanshpandey112]

​@@Staple_TapewormsxD

[@andybanan1992]

​@@Staple_Tapewormsi second this.i HAVE to know what insanity drives someone to eat banana peel! MY LIFE NOW DEPENDS ON THIS KNOWLEDGE!!!

[@adinsalamah4517]

Bro changed the test tube to a rocket engine

[@kukhil_ava]

Oh yeah, we learned this in chemistry. This video helped me visualize it, thank you so much!

[@michaelkevinmirasol8256]

And remember... Sugar combined with potassium nitrate can be used as a *solid rocket propellant*

[@retrobro_]

Sounds very human- "Hey scientist, how do we count calories?" "Fire"

[@veitforabetterworld7058]

Are you implying that I buy expensive flour whilst I could just eat sawdust because it has roughly the same calorie density?

[@gabewilliams380]

No!

[@simonw.2403]

The calories still need to be absorbable by your git

[@brandonmiotke]

“How do we know if this person’s a witch?” “We burn it” someone back in the 1700s probably

[@mariannepoirier2552]

I used a bomb calorimeter in school for a class about thermodynamics. Which made me hate bomb calorimeters. XD Not only is it hard to calculate time while looking at the temp, sometimes it just doesn't work. Our last sample was a perfect little puck of benzoic acid, if I remember well. We put it exactly right in the machine, the oxygen was pumped in, we pushed the button, and after 10 minutes, the temperature had gone up by 0,2C. Turns out our wire, which is used to start the fire, had burned. The puck was charred. It hadn't caught fire. It's incredibly interesting. I just hate them because of the pain they caused me and my lab partner. XD

[@nicolodelucia8743]

I never like this branch of chemistry, but that experience was fun, for me at least

[@Noobixm-GGD]

This doesn’t get used often, most of the time the nutrition label people just calculate the average calories with known constants of certain ingredients in the food.

[@lykonwolf6411]

That candy cane sounds like a metal singer

[@AJeanineHui]

God I haven't thought about this in years. My AP chem teacher did that demo one day when we were bored. His snack stash took a hit but it was fun. Great day.

[@Nick-hi9gx]

"I don't have that equipment, but I do have this substance that burns real nice,"- a true chemistry teacher.

[@dopemopey]

Thank you for answering the questions that I didn't I needed the answers to.

[@lddop9750]

I have always wondered this. Thank you!

[@craigpater6278]

Fascinating chemistry video excellent quality very well done sir keep up the good work

[@OGO161]

This was a question that lingered in my mind for a long time. Thank you for a short and nice explanation.

[@Sporkekw]

Bro, you look like every scientist in a video game xD

[@yzzazz]

I have a feeling that lab smells exactly like my kitchen when I try to cook anything

[@alanclw6024]

That guy is one lab accident away from becoming a super villain.

[@nasis18]

He just wanted an excuse to burn that candy cane.

[@alextros3549]

We do the same for protein measurements in food. Used to work for a company where agricultural machines were manufactured, and most of them involved burning off the grain etc. to measure protein content

[@andrewlove7598]

Always wanted to know how they did this. I would love a longer video to see it done properly

[@GarfieldRex]

I still remember how a McDonald's burger melted in my microwave, never ate from there again. Now I always see those burgers as gooey black stuff.

[@psycoNaughtplaysMCPC]

I love the look on peoples’ faces when they find out that all the food they eat is actually very flammable due to the combination of oils/fats and sugars in everyday meals

[@Bas-TB]

You are also flammable under these conditions

[@fbiblockedmemes9259]

“Dude how was your food?” “Oh Bro it was the BOMB”

[@nanderwinthant1655]

Jessie explaining the lab be like''Yo this right here is da bomb!!''😂😂

[@laurenconrad1799]

I’m imagining executives at Chipotle being like, “Hmm. We want to convince people that this burrito is healthy. If we light it on fire and it burns for this long…” 😂

[@collingallaway5541]

This just made me realize that the conversation between a calorie and a Juole is related to the specific heat of water

[@ILikeCornYouKnow]

That test tube was screaming for its life!

[@ElPatron84527]

Do you have a Tripple-Whopper-with-Cheese-and-Bacon sized one of those?

[@Ardentic-aa]

Leave the bun uneaten, and you might even lose weight!

[@TraceyIsNotMaryGrace]

I just saw a video of something explaining this. Glad to actually see it in action!!!

[@temong0long054]

Are... you the scientist costume from gmod?

[@3dgar7eandro]

Wow cool!!! Now I just have to set my self on fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 to effectively burn some calories...😅😂😂

[@6DunJuan9]

I always thought it was weighed on leftover carbon or something..I thought incorrectly.

[@user-qs3fx6od2w]

I remember having a lesson about this device in my chemistry classes We used it to calculate the enthalpy for certain chemical reactions

[@capsuleboi]

I guess making bulletproof wood and grape soda from a rubber glove is pretty cool, but finding wholesome science experiments and explanations from a dedicated chemistry teacher like Phil here are the science videos i live for here on KZbin. Now that's straight fire!

[@Persian-Soldier]

WoW That was coool It is interesting to see that calories become visible energy 👍🏻

[@es30000]

That fire looked like a proton pack stream straight out of Ghostbusters.

[@kamg3268]

I used one in college. I think everyone in high school should do this TBH. Great learning.

[@LD-dt1sk]

I dont know why my first instinct was to burn it

[@kaspedkk]

we did this in chemistry with peanuts. Definitely the most interesting expiriment ive done in chem.

[@trinityshiloh6812]

Not me seeing this after my thermochemistry test just asked about this 😢

[@4.0.4]

It's important to note almost nobody does this in practice, since you can just add the calories of all the ingredients.

[@guhman662]

"How do we know the calories of the food we eat? we burn i-" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

[@ffwingman329]

Shipping a bomb-calorimeter is probably a nightmare.

[@tay-lore]

Your test tube calorimeter looks like a lot of fun!

[@JordanBergstrom]

Chemistry major here. I still have my data set from chemistry lab where we determined ring strain energy from oxygen bomb calorimetry. Sources of error in measurement included.

[@gwina64]

Interesting, Tell me the same thing for protien please

[@Freddy-bx6sf]

*Food screaming in pain* “We burn them 😊”

[@jcy089]

Next time I’m on a flight, I’m going to ask for the plan food calories being served and when the flight attendant doesn’t know. I’m gonna say “hold on, let me get out my bomb calorimiter” 😂

[@foolwise4703]

I always wonder if there should not be a better method that accounts somewhat for the actual energy uptake of the body. Last I checked I could not live by eating wood for example, but it sure burns with a lot of energy.

[@Neumonics429]

It's called bomb calorimeter because ideally it is enclosed completely from the outside, not letting any heat escape. And you can guess how pressure and heat might make something explode.

[@tuut1241]

This just helped me visualise why farts are combustible 😂

[@journeysa]

You can tell by the color of the flame that it was a particularly sweet candy cane.

[@falcogamer5167]

Never knew candy has this much energy

[@susboi9804]

Bro why didnt i get this during my biology class 😂😂😂

[@LuC-k777]

I remember doing this in an introduction of biomedical science class

[@BossJhoMods]

This took "burning calories" too seriously 😂

[@Perilloux]

I’m actually doing a lab of this next week for my physical chemistry class using a bomb calorimeter.

[@Yuri-hv6zl]

Demonstrated calories from fat vs calories from carbs. For tell the gym bros - this is science

[@Kids_Scissors]

"Metal cylinder submerged in a tank of water" sounds a lot like another strange contraption that produces a lot of heat

[@cashglory]

Just a casual *_DIY_* lightsaber in the beginning 😅 🔦🥴

[@ThePaintballreviewpb]

This isnt done in most industrial food settings. They just estimate based on carb, fat, and protein content

[@bobettabrooks]

just learned this in thermochemistry!!

[@hexerade.e6142]

In german, we call it „Brennwert“ which translates to something like burn value

[@asherhuntley4372]

Denny's up in flames over there

[@beatyoudown234]

Instructions unclear, ended up crafting the Moonlight Greatsword

[@ShamithPrasad25]

Thanks, rarely learn things nowadays

[@svhscarrera19]

I've been thinking about this very question since high school science class bruh . I can finally rest knowing the answer ! Thank you

[@jasonowen5675]

When can tell from the blue flame that this was a particularly sweet doughnut 😂

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

This man looks like Gustavo Fring. I wonder if he ever did that to his fried chicken.

[@-DAVID_CZ-]

"This is just a regular little gummy bear, and I've decided to destroy it"

[@biobiobio7777]

All I'm reminded of is the scene from the Simpsons where Homer has to take remedial science. THe teacher then holds up a donut to show how much energy/calorie is in it. Homer is of course screaming in agony while the teacher explains how the flames show it was a sweet donut.

[@astroorbis]

"yo this food is bomb" "wh-"

[@matteoandriolo1144]

This is one of those questions that haunted me by far

[@reekz1568]

I remember an episode of *The Simpsons* they burnt a donut to see how many calories it had and Homer cried.😂😂😂

[@Element0145]

You have the job I wish I qualified for loved science in school and still like to read up on interesting research papers when I have the time

[@FoodNerds]

Like a reverse breaking bad. 🤣

[@greedyk]

Bro this has been a lifelong question ive always had that i was also to lazy to look up

[@craig.tanner]

I imagine this is what is happening in my belly as it turns the food into energy

[@abishek_999_]

Wow💥

[@connorupton4200]

“I can’t show you the thing I’ve been talking about, so here’s something different that I’m going to show but not explain further”

[@michaeljames1337]

throwing a whole big mac in there 😅

[@caelebperrault2772]

We did this in grade 9 it was crazy to see the gummy bears to scream when we lit them on fire in that liquid at the beginning

[@666wurm]

What’s missing is the efficiency factor my body can use those Joules. Grass is different to cucumber.

[@arc4705]

idk how but my high school chem teacher had bomb calorimeters and we had to run experiments with them