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Question - Energy Metabolism
1. All day, every day, your cells dismantle carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, with the help of vitamins, minerals, and water, releasing energy to meet your body's immediate needs or storing it as fat for later use.
a. What percent of your total kcalories came from fat?
b. What percent of your total kcalories came from carbohydrate?
c. What percent of your total kcalories came from protein?
d. What percent of your total kcalories came from alcohol?
2. Looking at your answers above, how did your percentages of kcalories from fat, carbohydrates, and proteins compare to the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDRs)? Should you change the amounts of the energy-yielding nutrients so that your diet is more balanced?