Sentence examples for a gram of fat from inspiring English sources
"They did not lose a gram of fat".
By standard measures, a gram of protein contains four calories and a gram of fat contains nine.
Body fat is energy-rich and at the same time lightweight: when the water is taken out, a gram of fat contains 9.4 kilocalories, compared with 4.3 kilocalories for a gram of protein, and when the water is left in, as it is on the human belly, a gram of fat still contains 9.1 kilocalories, while a gram of protein has just 1.2.
A gram of fat has been determined to have nine calories and a gram of protein or carbohydrate four calories; so for any given measure, fat has more than twice as many calories as protein or carbs.
The long ironed hair of 1969 is now a bouncy shoulder-length, but she's otherwise instantly recognisable: that iconic dentition, those cheekbones which, were they any higher, would be her eyebrows, and not a gram of fat on her bones.
The extremely thin and lean Indians thrive on what could be termed a "reverse" Atkins diet: rice, wheat, vegetables, nuts, fruits, a little chicken and fish lots of carbs and not a gram of fat.
If a food contains less than half a gram of trans fat in a serving, it can be legally labeled trans fat-free.
Being thin becomes a form of conspicuous consumption, as if to say, 'I'm so sure where my next meal is coming from that I don't need to store an extra gram of fat.' It's like really rich people who can walk around with no money in their pockets because they're so confident their needs will be met".
Yet he was living in an era when "each gram of fat is regarded as one more bounce on the diving board over an open grave lined with Doritos".
After all, there may be only a few grams of fat in a serving of low-fat cookies, but not if your idea of a serving is polishing off half a box while watching "Survivor".
