CALORIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caloric mean? 

• CALORIC (adjective)
  The adjective CALORIC has 2 senses:

1. relating to or associated with heat

2. of or relating to calories in food

  Familiarity information: CALORIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALORIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or associated with heat

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

caloric; thermal; thermic

Context example:

the caloric effect of sunlight

Pertainym:

heat (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)

Derivation:

calorie (unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to calories in food

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the caloric content of foods

Pertainym:

nutritionist's calorie (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)

Derivation:

Calorie (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)

 Context examples 

After two years, participants in the experimental group had reduced their daily caloric intake by 12% and maintained, on average, a 10% loss in body weight.

(Moderate calorie restriction in young and middle-aged adults significantly reduces heart and metabolic risk factors independent of weight loss, National Institutes of Health)

A demonstrated means to increase lifespan in a wide range of organisms is through the restriction of caloric intake.

(Longevity Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Nineteen healthy adults consumed a proprietary plant-based diet that provided between 34% and 54% of the normal caloric intake with at least 9–10% protein, 34–47% carbohydrate, and 44–56% fat.

(Health Effects of a Diet that Mimics Fasting, NIH)

“Most nutritious foods are expensive in low-income countries. Eggs and fresh milk, for example, are often ten times as expensive as starchy staples in caloric terms,” the study stated.

(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

Role of caloric intake in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Calories, NCI Thesaurus)

We also observed that replacing these sugars with non-caloric artificial sweeteners leads to negative changes in fat and energy metabolism.

(Artificial Sweeteners Can Still Lead to Obesity, Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They also had higher depressive symptoms, total caloric intake, and index of sleep apnea.

(Study links irregular sleep patterns to metabolic disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

These intriguing results in an animal model show that the interplay of total caloric intake and the length of feeding and fasting periods deserves a closer look.

(Longer daily fasting times improve health and longevity, National Institutes of Health)

For decades, these caloric effects have fallen behind the thermal changes available in fluids, but the discovery of colossal barocaloric effects in a plastic crystal of neopentylglycol (NPG) and other related organic compounds has levelled the playfield.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

CALERIE was the first trial that investigated the effects of two-year caloric restriction in humans, following on evidence from several model organisms showing that calorie restriction increased both health span and life span.

(Moderate calorie restriction in young and middle-aged adults significantly reduces heart and metabolic risk factors independent of weight loss, National Institutes of Health)