Calluses may lead to other problems such as serious infection. Shoes that fit well can keep calluses from forming. Calorie Energy that comes from food. Some foods have more calories than others. Fats have many calories.
Most vegetables have few.
Capillary The smallest of the body's blood vessels. Capillaries have walls so thin that oxygen and glucose can pass through them and enter the cells, and waste products such as carbon dioxide can pass back into the blood to be carried away and taken out of the body. Sometimes people who have had diabetes for a long time find that their capillaries become weak, especially those in the kidney and the retina of the eye. Capsaicin A topical ointment made from chili peppers used to relieve the pain of peripheral neuropathy. Carbohydrate One of the three main classes of foods and a source of energy.