Question

Fats supply over twice the number of calories as the same weight of carbohydrates and protein. True or false?

Answer 1

True.

Step-by-step explanation:

Calorie is the amount of heat that food provides after it is digested and metabolized by our body. That is, when we refer to the calories in a food, we are talking about the amount of energy that food is able to provide us.

All foods have calories and we must be careful how much we eat, since accumulating more energy than we spend causes damage to the body.

Fats have more than twice as many calories as protein and carbohydrates. One gram of protein has 4 calories, the same value is observed in one gram of carbohydrate. However, one gram of fat has 9 calories.

Answer 2

I think the correct answer is true. Fats supply over twice the number of calories as the same weight of carbohydrates and protein. This is because when comparing the number of carbon atoms of fats, carbohydrates and proteins, fats have more carbon atoms. Therefore, it is capable of supplying more energy.