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What is the right proportion of calories nutrients and other components of food in one's diet?
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What nutrient can be hidden in food and has twice as many calories as other nutrients.?
Butter or sugar.
Why do fats have higher caloric value?
High fat foods are high in calories because fat has more calories per gram than the other nutrients. Instead of having 3 calories per gram like carbohydrates and protein, fat has 9 calories per gram. Basically this means that each molecule of fat contains more food energy than the other nutrients.
Which nutrients provide the most energy?
the Carbohydrate because for ever one gram of carbohydrate it give you four calories of energy. While the other five nutrients provides you with 3 calories 1 and 1.5. Fats because fats contain the most calories and calories give you a lot of energy
What nutrients are in pure lard?
just pure calories and saturated fat. other than fat, it has no nutritional value whatsoever
What nutrients are required by law to be added to labels?
Required nutrients on a nutrition facts label include: Total Calories Calories from fat Total fat Saturated fat Trans fat Cholesterol Sodium Total carbohydrate Dietary fiber Sugars Protein Vitamin A Vitamin C Calcium Iron And other nutrients with which the food is fortified with
Use a Nutrition Calculator to Determine Calories and Nutrients ?
If you are dieting, don't let restricting your calories also mean that you are restricting your nutrient intake as well. You can use a nutrition calculator to not only determine the calories and fat in a specific food, but also what other vitamins and minerals it contains as well. A nutrition calculator can also help you figure the calories and nutrients in a recipe by calculating each item individually and then dividing for the number of servings.
What foods are usually high in calories and low in other nutrients?
sweet and fat foods. fastfood. anything processed. (not fresh or biological)
What happens to the components of a tree after it dies?
Fungus, bacteria, insects and other animals scavenge the nutrients from the fallen tree - returning its energy back into the ecosystem.
What 2 nutrients supply your body with energy?
Calories provide a large portion of our energy, but our main and best fuels are the nutrients found in fruits and veggies.
What is direct and indirect proportion?
Direct Proportion-As one of the value increases,so does the other. Indirect Proportion-As one value increases,the other decreases. ~Hannah^^
What do pine nuts do for your body?
Pine nuts provide iron, magnesium, and other nutrients for the body. One cup of pine nuts has approximatelu 900 calories.
What it is inverse and direct proportion?
Direct Proportion means that as one increases, the other also increases.Inverse proportion is the reciprocal of direct proportion. If something is in the direct proportion of 1:3, then the inversion proportion is 3:1.OrIndirect Proportion means that as one increases the other decreases, or one is directly proportional to 1 divided by the other. Example: Pressure is indirectly proportional to volume, or Pressure is directly proportional to 1/Volume.
