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What are the high-calorie foods?
Broadly speaking, food can be divided into
three components from energy point of view. The major food
components that give us energy are:
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| Food component |
Energy given |
| Carbohydrates |
4 Calories per gram |
| Proteins |
4 Calories per gram |
| Fats |
9 Calories per gram |
This means fat are the most energy dense food component!
Alcohol gives energy that is almost equivalent
to that given by fat.
It comes out to be that foods that are rich in
fat and/or alcohol provide the highest energy.
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