Is the energy content of carbohydrates higher than twice that of fats?

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2007-02-06 07:28:36 · 4 answers · asked by Adrianne H 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases

If by energy you mean calories. Carbohydrate has 4 calories per gram and fat has 9 calories per gram.

2007-02-06 07:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

It's the other way around. Fats have about twice the calories (energy content) as carbohydrates.

2007-02-06 07:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by rongee_59 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

eat a lot of cheeseburgers.

2016-05-24 00:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

no, otherwise we'd run cars on sugar.

2007-02-06 07:35:47 · answer #4 · answered by kvuo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋