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Protein, carbs, fat: the only calories that exist, everything else is seasoning.
means One of the three nutrients your body needs in large amounts — protein, carbohydrate, and fat — as opposed to vitamins and minerals, which you need only in traces.
from Built from Greek 'makros' (large) plus 'nutrient' from Latin 'nutrire' (to nourish). The 'macro-' half is doing contrastive work, setting these up against 'micronutrients' (vitamins, minerals) — a pairing that seems to have taken hold in nutrition science as the field formalized its vocabulary in the 20th century.
- the trio
- protein, carbohydrate, fat — that is the whole list
- water debate
- sometimes counted as fourth, has zero calories though
- vs micronutrients
- measured in grams, not milligrams like vitamins
- calorie math
- protein and carbs 4 cal per gram, fat 9