Kaley is a 33 year old receptionist at a busy doctor’s office. She is 5’5” and currently weighs 175 lbs. Kaley is always busy, but does a lot of sitting at work. Pharmaceutical reps bring in food from local restaurants such as donuts, bagels with cream cheese, and coffee for breakfast and sandwiches and wraps for lunch a few times a week. This is a nice perk, especially on days that Kaley doesn’t have time for breakfast or forgets her lunch. And it’s still hard to resist a donut, even when she has had a healthy breakfast already! Kaley has gained weight over the past few years. Kaley is getting married in 6 weeks and desperately wants to lose 30 lbs. Her friend told her that the Atkins diet is the quickest way to lose weight. The Atkins Diet recommends that the dieter consume less than 20 grams of carbohydrate a day for the first two weeks.

1) According to the US DRI for carbohydrate, Kaley should not consume less than ____ carbohydrates per day.

a) 300
b) 200 grams

c) 130 grams

d) 20 grams

e) 10 grams