Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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ISBN: 9781305886865
Author: Sizer, Frances , WHITNEY, Ellie
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 21SC
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Very low-fat diets is the diet which include only 10% or less calorie. It tends to have 20% of protein content and 80% of carbohydrate content.
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