# How do I adjust calories?

**URL:** https://forum.eternagame.org/t/how-do-i-adjust-calories/654
**Category:** Gameplay and Strategies
**Created:** [March 9, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/how-do-i-adjust-calories/654 "2011-03-09T23:20:00Z")
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### Author: ![sandyr](https://forum.eternagame.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@sandyr](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/sandyr)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/how-do-i-adjust-calories/654/1 "2011-03-09T23:20:00Z")

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What is the calorie issue? I assume fewer are better. I don’t know what affects it.

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### Author: ![Ding](https://forum.eternagame.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Ding](https://forum.eternagame.org/u/Ding)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.eternagame.org/t/how-do-i-adjust-calories/654/2 "2011-03-10T10:54:00Z")

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Here’s some links to get you started:

[What is Free Energy?](http://getsatisfaction.com/eternagame/topics/what_is_free_energy)  
[EteRNA Quad Energy Reference Table](http://getsatisfaction.com/eternagame/topics/eterna_quad_energy_reference_table-3faed)  
[EteRNA Tetraloop Energy Reference Table](http://getsatisfaction.com/eternagame/topics/eterna_tetraloop_reference_table)  
[Loops Guide](http://getsatisfaction.com/eternagame/topics/loops_guide)  
[Strategy Guide for RNA lab](http://getsatisfaction.com/eternagame/topics/strategy_guide_for_rna_lab) (especially step 3 on loop stabilization)