Episode Overview
Every type of food, from proteins and fats to carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, consists of chemicals. When consumed, these chemicals are restructured by the body to produce energy. Various foods yield different energy levels, quantified in calories. But how do scientists determine the calorie content of food? In this episode, Bill unveils the mysteries behind the bomb calorimeter, a vital tool in the field of food science.
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Season 4 Episodes 20
1.
Rivers & Streams
2.
Nutrition
3.
Marine Mammals
4.
Earthquakes
5.
NTV Top 11 Video Countdown
6.
Spiders
7.
Pollution Solutions
8.
Probability
9.
Pseudoscience
10.
Flowers
11.
Archaeology
12.
Deserts
13.
Amphibians
14.
Volcanoes
15.
Invertebrates
16.
Heart
17.
Inventions
18.
Computers
19.
Fossils
20.
Time
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