Question

Clay is a 24 year old, 6 feet, 220 pound, sedentary male. Diet analysis revealed Clay's average caloric intake for three days was 6000 calories and he's maintaining his current body weight. He's also averaged 900 grams of carbohydrate, 166 grams of fat, and 226 grams of protein for that three-day period. Clay used to rodeo and is a fairly strict vegetarian, spanning the spectrum of vegan to lactovegetarian to lacto-ovo-vegetarian depending on his current mood. He also avoids alcohol and various forms of tobacco. His vitamin B12 intake averaged 0.24 ?g/day. Clay's recommendation for B12 is 2.4 ?g/day.

What percentage of Clay's total caloric intake came from:

Protein

Carbohydrate

Fat

Why was Clay’s percent RDA of vitamin B12 so low?

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