An adolescent male comes to you for advice as to how best manage his diet. In the initial evaluation, you decide that he should be consuming approximately 2500 kcalories. How many of these kcalories should be contributed by carbohydrates, and what is the approximate amount of fiber you would recommend for this young man

Answer 1

?Carbohydrates should contribute between 45 to 65 percent of the kcalories, so between 1125 and 1625 kcalories should come from carbohydrates. Fiber should be about 14 grams per 1000 kcalories, so he should be consuming about 35 grams of fiber. (14g fiber/1000 kCalories ´ 2500 kCalories = 35 grams of fiber).