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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.
How can a gram of protein a gram of fat and a gram of carbohydrates all contain 4 calories?
Actually this is incorrect. A gram of fat contains 9 calories. The others (protein and carbohydrate) however both do contain 4 calories.
How many calories per gram in proteins?
Protein and Carbohydrates are both 4 calories per gram, and Fat is 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.
1 gram cabohydrates is how many calories?
One gram of carbohydrates = 4 Calories One gram of Protein = 4 Calories One gram of Fat = 9 Calories
What nutrients provide 4 calories per gram?
protein and carbohydrates produce 4 calories per gram (fat produces 9 calories per gram).
How many calories are in a food that contains 20 grams of carbohydrates?
Every gram of carbohydrate has 4 calories, so 20 grams of carbohydrates would be 80 calories. But you also have to take into account the amount of protein and fat grams in the food, as well. Protein has the same amount of calories as carbohydrates (4 calories per gram) and fat has 9 calories per gram.
Do fats have calories?
Fats have a lot of calories which make you a lot fatter. One gram of fat has nine calories, on the other hand a gram of protein has four calories, as does a gram of carbohydrates.
How many carbohydrates are actually in a gram?
1 gram of carbs - 4 calories 1 gram of protein - 4 calories 1 gram of fat - 9 calories 1 gram of alcohol - 7 calories
How many calories are in a fat?
It is a calorie from fat. Calories come from one of three sources: proteins, carbohydrates or fat. So a fat calorie would be a calorie coming from fat, not protein or carbohydrates. It's not really special in terms of what effect it has on the body, but it should be noted that fats are more calorically dense than protein or carbohydrates. One gram of fat has 9 calories, while carbohydrates and protein only have 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.
