Re: Mass/Energy Conservation

[Rick Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

Yeah...How can you gain weight eating POPCORN?  How many microwave bags does
it take to be a pound (of mostly indigestible fiber)?  ;-(

Rick

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Rauber" <Joel_Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>


> > BTW, what's the point of Dave A.'s initial question anyway?
>
> While I can't answer for Dave A. I can say that when I have asked myself
> this question I was motivated by the oft heard statements along the lines
of
> " I ate a pound of chocolate cake and gained two pounds".  So I asked
myself
> the question, is it possible gain more weight than the weight of the food
> you ingest through the mouth that goes down the gullet to your stomach?  I
> know how I answer the question, but won't say.  I'll just observe that
there
> is possibly more mass input than what goes into your mouth to the stomach.