Measurement of Energy Value of Foods | Biochemistry
The below mentioned article provides a short note on the Measurement of Energy Value of Foods. The foodstuffs (carbohydrates, fats and proteins) on combustion by oxygen produce heat. This amount of heat can be measured in a bomb calorimeter. Carbohydrate and fat are completely oxidized in the body to CO2 and water like that of bomb calorimeter. But proteins are [...]