Multiple choice

Which of the following food components can yield energy in the absence of major energy makers?

  1. Vitamins

  2. Dietary fibre

  3. Water

  4. Proteins

  5. Minerals
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Explanation

These materials are for making hormones, muscle and other essential biological equipments. When there is a shortage of fats or carbohydrates, these proteins can also yield energy. As fuel proteins contain 4 kcal per gram just like carbohydrates and unlike lipids which contain 9 kcal per gram.

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