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Chapter 4, Problem 1AAATB
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If the statment ‘consumption of carbohydrate only can provide more energy than eating fats and proteins’ is true or false

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Cellular respiration is a process in which food (sugar) and oxygen get converted into carbon dioxide, water and energy molecules. In this process, energy is released in the form of ATP. All three constituents of food, i.e., carbohydrates, proteins and fats undergo the process of cellular respiration.

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