Human Body Energy

Human body is actually a living machine and is like

all other machines. This living machine needs fuel to
supply it with energy. The fuel is provided by the General classification

food which we eat. However do we know how much

we need to stay healthy?
The energy value of food is usually measured in
calories. A calorie is the amount of heat which is
required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by
1 degree C. The number of calories which people
need per day varies. It depends on the activity which
the people are involved in. For example; people will
need more calories for standing than for sitting,
people need more for running than for walking, etc. Description
The energy which is provided by food is in the form
of three kinds of chemical substances. They are
carbohydrate, protein and fat. Carbohydrate
provides 8.8 calories per gram (cal/gm) of energy,
protein 4.0 cal/gm and fat 8.0 cal/gm. Each food
contains different proportion of these
substances.These three chemical substances are all
important for body staying healthy.