Molecule Energy Released
Glucose 4 kcal/gram
Sucrose 4 kcal/gram
Lipid 9 kcal/gram
Protein 4 kcal/gram
If you ate a jelly doughnut for breakfast, the majority of the energy would come from the _________ in the doughnut because it _________.
A) fat; contains a low ratio of oxygen atoms.
B) sugar; contains high ratio of oxygen atoms.
C) carbohydrate; contains a low ratio of oxygen atoms.
D) protein; contains nitrogen in place of oxygen atoms.