Question

7) Please answer the questions based on the following scenario: You eat a meal

consisting of 25g of Fat, 34g of Protein, 38g of Carbohydrate and 4g are Fiber. (8PTS)
What are your total Calories for the meal? |
What are your total Calories from Carbs?
What are your total Calories from Protein?
What are you total Calories from Fat?

Answer 1

The total Calories for the meal with 25g of Fat, 34g of Protein, 38g of Carbohydrate, and 4g of Fiber are 497 Calories. This includes 136 Calories from Carbohydrates (after subtracting Fiber), 136 Calories from Protein, and 225 Calories from Fat.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the total Calories for the meal, we use the Atwater system where average caloric content values are 4 Calories/g for protein and carbohydrates, and 9 Calories/g for fat. Since fiber is a type of carbohydrate that is not digested, we subtract it from the total carbohydrates before calculating the caloric content from carbs.

The total Calories from each macronutrient are calculated as follows:

• Calories from Carbs (subtracting fiber): (38g - 4g) × 4 Calories/g = 136 Calories
• Calories from Protein: 34g × 4 Calories/g = 136 Calories
• Calories from Fat: 25g × 9 Calories/g = 225 Calories

The total Calories for the meal is the sum of calories from carbs, protein, and fat which equals 136 + 136 + 225 = 497 Calories.