Macronutrients meal

Question

Ryan ate a stir-fried meal that consisted of mushrooms, snow peas, and some salt and oil. What macronutrients are primarily found in this meal?

1. starch
2. cellulose
3. chitin
4. lipids
5. proteins

Answer 1

I agree with the answer above, but this is a really interesting question, as you usually don't see the macronutrient carbohydrate broken down into starch, chitin, and cellulose. From a biology perspective, I guess you could argue for chitin being one of the primary macronutrients present due to the mushrooms (especially if it is included in your answer choices), but from a nutrition perspective, I would say starch (peas are starchy vegetables, mushroom will also provide some carbohydrates) and lipids (from the cooking oil) are the primary macronutrients in this meal.