How much energy is there in some foods that you eat?

... Christina Taryoto 10Q HOW MUCH ENERGY IS THERE IN SOME FOODS THAT YOU EAT? RESULTS PEANUT Peanut Mass Before Burning (g) Mass After Burning (g) Change in Mass (g) 1 1.10 0.07 1.03 2 1.00 0.11 0.89 BISCUIT Biscuit Mass Before Burning (g) Mass After Burning (g) Change in Mass (g) 1 1.00 0.15 0.85 2 0.95 0.15 0.80 WATER TEMPERATURE for Peanut & Biscuit Food Temp. at start (°C) Temp. at end (°C) Change in Temp. (°C) Peanut 1 26 50 24 Peanut 2 28 54 26 Biscuit 1 28 32 4 Biscuit 2 28 34 6 CONCLUSION After looking at my results I noticed that a peanut provides more energy than a biscuit. The peanut released an average of 1.9 kJ/g and the biscuit released an average energy of 0.5 kJ/g. The peanut releases about 4 times more energy than a biscuit. I now understand that foods which provide a lot of energy are higher in calories than foods which provide little energy. For anyone who is on a diet consuming peanuts would not be very good idea because peanuts provide a lot of energy are therefore high in calories and these calories can easily be stored as fat

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