Mohammed ate a green salad with 1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil (20g fat) and Ahmed ate a medium-sized sweet potato (26g carbs). who will get more calories? if you calculate the Energy provided by fat and carbs only excluding any other molecules in their food. Select one: O a. Mohamed will get slightly less calories compared to Ahmed O b. Ahmed will get slightly more calories than Mohamed O c. Mohammed and Ahmed will get approximately the same calories O d. Ahmed will get twice the number of calories because he ate more grams of carbs O e. Mohamed will get approximately double the number of calories than Ahmed
Essential nutrients
These are the organic compounds present in the food that provide nourishment essential for the development and growth of our body. Nutrients not only provide us with the required energy to carry out various biological processes but are also the building blocks for repair and growth in our bodies.
Vitamins
The vitamins are organic molecules required in low concentration for the proper functioning of the body. They cannot be generated in the organism and are taken into the body through the diet. The lack of proper vitamins results in diverse deficiency disorders. They are thus called essential nutrients. The important vitamins are vitamin A, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin K, and vitamin E.
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