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How can a gram of protein a gram of fat and a gram of carbohydrates all contain 4 calories?
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∙ 6y ago
Actually this is incorrect. A gram of fat contains 9 calories. The others (protein and carbohydrate) however both do contain 4 calories.
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∙ 6y ago
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Does protein contain fewer calories than carbohydrate?
No. Both one gram of protein and one gram of carbohydrates contain 4 calories.
Calories per gram in Fat Protein and Carbohydrates?
Fat - 9 calories per gram Protein - 4 calories per gram Carbohydrates - 4 calories per gram
How many calories does one gram of carbohydrates and proteins contain?
How many calories are in a food which has 10 grams of protein, 4 grams of fat, and 20 grams of carbohydrate
Carbohydrate and protein each contain calories in a gram?
I believe 1g of Protein and 1g of carbohydrates each have 4 calories and 1g of fat has 8 calories.
What is the value of carbohydrates?
If one is asking about the energy value of carbohydrates, the answer is that carbohydrates contain about four Calories per gram. This is about the same as the value for protein.
What provides most energy fat protein or carbohydrates?
Fats contain 9 calories per gram compared to 4 for both protein and carbohydrates.
How many calories does it take to burn one gram of protein?
A person would have to burn about four calories to equate one gram of protein. Carbohydrates also contain four calories per gram, while fat contains nine.
Does protein get you fat?
If you take in more calories than you burn, you will gain weight. It does not matter what the extra calories are composed of, 3500 calories is a pound. Protein contains 4 calories per gram, Carbohydrates contain 4 calories per gram, and Fat contains 9 calories per gram.
How many calories are in 1 gram of carbohydrates?
There are 4 calories for every gram of carbohydrates. There is also 4 calories per gram of protein and 9 calories per gram of fat. Finally there are 7 calories per gram of alcohol.
Does A gram of protein provides thesame number of calories as a gram of carbohydrates?
Not always, no.
What to nutrients have 4 calories per gram?
Carbohydrates and protein both have 4 calories per gram.
A food source with 5 grams of protein 10 grams of fat and 20 grams of carbohydrates contains how many calories?
A food source with five grams of protein, ten grams of fat, and twenty grams of carbohydrates contains 190 calories. To find this, you need to know how many calories are in a gram of protein, fat, and carbohydrates. There are four calories in one gram of protein and one gram of carbohydrates. There are nine calories in one gram of fat. Then multiply five (the number of grams of protein) by four (the number of calories in one gram of protein), ten (the number of grams of fat) by nine (the number of calories in one gram of fat), and twenty (the number of grams of carbohydrates) by four (the number of calories in one gram of carbohydrates). Add those numbers up and you will know how many calories are in the food.
