A 2000 calorie diet in which carbohydrate provides 50% of the calories would provide how many grams of carbohydrate?

If carbohydrates provide 50% of the calories in this diet, it means it provided 1000 calories.
1 gram of carbohydrate is equivalent to 4 calories, so 1000 calories were provided by 1000/4 = 250 grams of carbohydrate

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aliasger2709 aliasger2709 · Answer 2 · 2021-12-11T10:27:57+01:00

Sugar or carbohydrate molecules are bio-molecules consisting of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. It is the macro nutrient required by the body for functioning and energy.

250 grams of carbohydrate will be present in the 2000 calorie diet of food.

This can be estimated as:

If carbohydrates give 50% of the calories in the diet then it means that calories produced by the carbohydrate = 1000

1 gm of carbohydrate = 4 calories

So, 1000 calories = ? gm

[tex]\dfrac{1000}{4} = 250[/tex]

= 250 gm

Therefore, 250 gm of carbohydrate is present in the diet.

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