If a person consumes 60 g of carbohydrate in a meal and carbohydrates provide approximately 4 kcal per gram, how many kilocalories does that carbohydrate supply to the meal?

• A. 240 kilocalories.
• B. 60 kilocalories, because only 1 kcal per gram is counted for available energy from dietary carbohydrate due to thermic effect of food.
• C. 360 kilocalories, assuming carbohydrate provides 6 kcal per gram similar to lipids under certain metabolic conditions.
• D. 150 kilocalories, because carbohydrates provide about 2.5 kcal per gram on average after digestion losses.

Answer: (A)