For a 2,000-calorie diet, this amounts to a maximum of 22 grams of saturated fat if youâre healthy, or just 15.5 grams if youâre worried about your heart. These fat grams take up some of your total fat gram allowance for the day.
Carbohydrates have six major functions within the body: 1  Providing energy and regulation of blood glucose. 2  Sparing the use of proteins for energy. 3  Breakdown of fatty acids and preventing ketosis. 4  Biological recognition processes. 5  Flavor and Sweeteners.
Functions of Carbohydrate. All animals derive the major portion of their food calories from the different types of Carbohydrates in their diets. Most of the energy for the metabolic activities of the cell in all organisms is derived from the oxidation of Carbohydrate.