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Four grams of lipid contain approximately ___ kcal.

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Approximately 36 kcal. One gram of pure lipid contains about 9 kcal of energy, more than twice that of carbohydrate. Regarding the metabolic regulation of glycolysis. High amounts of ATP (and low ADP and Pi) would slow down PFK enzyme activity.

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