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Does mineral oil have calories since it is an oil? i've heard it doesn't...

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Oil: Oil is nine calories per gram. The highest of foods. Think of olive oil, peanut oil, and the list of oils that are also foods go on and on…. Now if you are looking at this as a laxative then you may be right that it is not absorbed well. But oils are foods in many instances.

Answered 9/9/2015

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