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THE food taken in by a human being on a normal diet is equivalent, if all is converted to heat, to about 3 × 106 cals/24 h. If this energy was spent at a constant rate, with 100 per cent efficiency of conversion to mechanical work, the power provided would correspond to about 160 W.
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Del Duca, M. G., and Fuscoe, J. M., Intern. Sci. and Technol., No. 39, 56 (March 1965).
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BOCKRIS, J., SRINIVASAN, S. Predominantly Electrochemical Nature of Biological Power-producing Reactions. Nature 215, 197 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215197a0
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