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Do nutrients dense foods have a high ratio of nutrients to calories?
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Food the contain a High ratio of nutrients to calories are considered A Empty calories B Complete proteins C Incomplete proteins D Nutritional dense?
D. Nutritionally Dense
What are foods that have a high ratio of nutrients to calories?
All foods contain nutrition, but the type of nutrients depends on the type of food, for example meats contain proteins.
What makes food healthy?
Healthy food is "nutrient dense". A nutrient dense food has a low ratio of calories to nutrients. For example, a spinach leaf is loaded with nutrients with very few calories. Healthy food is also satisfying. A satisfying food fills you up without a ton of calories. For example, a potato chip packs a load of calories, but it takes a load of them to fill you up. The best meals are both satisfying and nutrient dense. For example, a spinach salad with grilled chicken is both satisfying and nutrient dense.
What do you mean byhigh-calorie food?
1 gram of protein translates to about 4 calories. 1 gram of carbohydrate (sugar or fiber) translates to about 4 calories. 1 gram of fat translates to about 9 calories."High-calorie food" usually refers to something that is high in fat, or high in calories but low in nutrients. Nutrient-dense foods like fruits and vegetables are usually considered low-calorie foods because they do not contain much fat and contain a high nutrient to calorie ratio.
What is the ratio of calories in an orange to the calories in the cookie?
37 calories in an orange, 140 calories in an oreo.It takes 40 minutes of walking to burn the oreo. Go with the orange. :)
How many calories in a 4 ounce hamburger patty?
Depending on lean/fat ratio. But 85/15 is around 240 calories
Is calorie density defined as the ratio of calories to the actual weight of food?
Yes
What is the ratio for dense and sparse and moderate population density?
55:88 12:34 111:67
How to find the ratio of successive hypotenuse lengths?
Hypotenuses can cave any real vale and, since real numbers are infinitely dense, the ratio of "successive" lengths is as close to 1 as you can get.
How many calories in a Margaret?
It varies on the Margret... The average person is about 77,000 calories (770 calories per pound, minus bones and inedible matter), but that number can change depending on the person's fat ratio.
Mycelium allow fungi to absorb more nutrients by providing a higher surface to area ratio?
true
Do mycelium allow fungi to absorb more nutrients by providing a higher surface to area ratio?
true
