Here's a draft of the carbs section:
The second part of the analysis concerned carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are the energy source of the body. They provide four calories of energy per ounce. Inside the cells, in the mitochondria, they are converted into energy. Without a ready source of carbohydrates, the body is forced to resort to first to protein, which supplies the same four calories per ounce, and then to fat which actually supplies nine calories per ounce, but is not the preferred energy source of the body. This can cause problems, making getting enough carbohydrates an important goal. However, too many carbohydrates and the excess energy is stored in fat instead of being used to fuel the body. This leads to all the health problems that being overweight presents.
It is recommended that 55-60% of calories consumed come from carbohydrates to fully supply your energy needs. From this, we can derive that the class should, on average, require from 849.2 calories to 926.4 from carbohydrates. Since carbohydrates supply 4 calories per gram, it follows that our average student requires between 212.3 and 231.6 grams of carbohydrates per day. The class average shows 201.7 grams of carbohydrates per day. This in itself is a little low. However, there were only two individuals, 33% of the sample, that came close to what they should be eating. The others were approximately sixty calories lower than is necesary for their weight. This re-affirms the importance of keeping a nutritional log, because now the class can be aware of the troubling deficiencies in their diet. This should prompt them in the direction of dietary reforms to help them become more healthy individuals.
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