Daily Calorie Debate

Discussions center on the accuracy of standard daily calorie intake and expenditure estimates like 2000 kcal, with debates on actual burns for sedentary people, athletes, obese individuals, and factors like metabolism and activity.

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psykovsky Oct 15, 2015 View on HN

You eat 5000Kcal+ per day? You need like 1/4 of that...

kaonashi Aug 30, 2015 View on HN

How is ~10% of average daily caloric intake insignificant?

forgotusername6 Jul 13, 2023 View on HN

That's roughly between 6000 and 10000 calories

leshow Feb 26, 2015 View on HN

they sure do, the standard 'dosage' is 2k cals per day and they have a calculator (that you have to dig for) if you figure your requirements differ from the 2k cals per day. Nevermind the fact that these types of calculators of woefully inaccurate.

throwaway22032 May 25, 2024 View on HN

3781!?!?!?Holy shit. My bulking diet is about that, I'm trying to gain weight whilst lifting 3-4x a week.Mental.edit: Looking at the article this isn't accounting for food wastage etc so the real figure is likely a fair bit lower.

brandonscott Jul 28, 2023 View on HN

like <1% of people are realistically burning 4000+ calories in a day

gsich Jun 3, 2025 View on HN

No, more in the 1000 kcal range.

rue Mar 2, 2010 View on HN

The problem is that people consume 3300, 4400 or 5500 kcal, not 2200 :)

tekla Feb 18, 2024 View on HN

Cool, please provide how much gasoline I need to eat to generate 2k calories per day without it also killing me

detrino Jun 6, 2015 View on HN

That sounds like less than 1000 calories a day. You must be getting more calories than that or you are very atypical.