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Bennett is a male college athlete who participates in endurance activities and weighs 77 kg. approximately how many grams of carbohydrate per day should he consume to maintain adequate muscle glycogen?

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Bennett is a male college athlete who participates in endurance activities and weighs 77 kg. He needs to consume 462-770 grams of carbohydrate per day in order to maintain adequate muscle glycogen. Carbohydrates are any large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose.

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