Question

Malia’s trainer tells her to purchase Dyno-Muscle protein powder mix and take it two times a day. The mix has 100 kcal and 20 grams protein per serving.

If Malia follows her trainer’s advice and adds the protein powder mix to her daily intake, her protein intake now accounts for what percent of her total kcal? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

1 gm of protein provides 4 calories

So, 20 gm of protein will provide 80 calories.

So per serving, calorie intake from protein is 80 calories from a total of 100 Kcal of dyno muscle protein powder.

If a girl takes two serving daily of this protein powder, total calorie intake from protein will be 80x2=160 calories from total calories of protein powder(2x100kcalories=200kcal)

As total calorie intake from the powder mix is given in kcal, we will convert all units in kcal for easier calculations.

Daily calorie intake from the protein of powder mix=160 calorie

=0.160 kcal

(1 kcal=1000cal,then 160cal=0.160kcal)

Daily protein intake in percentage

=0.160kcal/200kcal x100

=0.08

=8%

So,8% of energy is contributed by protein from the total energy provided by the Dyno-Muscle protein mix powder.

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