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I want to know what is the difference between eating calories and grams of fat?
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See below: We do not eat calories per se. One gram of each of the following constituents of food provide the calories given: fat: 9 calories/gm carboherate and protein: 4 calories/gm alcohol: 7 calories/gram.
Answered 4/11/2013
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