how these things start...
I think where all this started, which is part of the reasons I asked is that I saw it reported in a book I was just reading as 1 lbs of muscle burns 50 kj/kg per day. I did the math and it came out to about 5.4 Kcalories/lbs (assuming I did my math right). I'm guessing someone read it wrong, substituted units and these things just kind of spread. It is a good reason to go back to the original source material in the literature rather then just believing what people have rehashed over and over again. Thanks again all.
--Grad
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