You are stranded by your tormentors on a desert island for 25 days. You calculate based your your basal metabolic rate that you can survive if you get an average of 1,000 kcal/day. You can take with you two items, sufficient water for 25 days and a choice of food. You have a choice of taking with one of the following: 6,000 g of carbohydrate, 3,000 g of fat, or 5,000 g of protein.


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What will provide sufficient kilocalories of energy for your metabolic needs (assuming that your estimate of 1,000 kcal per day is correct)?

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