Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are a major source for energy for the body, also helps maintain cell and generates heat. Each gram of carbohydrates has 4 calories. There are two types of carbohydrates, simple and complex.
Simple Carbohydrates: Often called sugar, has little nutritional value.
- Monosaccharides: The simplest from of sugar, has one molecule.
- Disaccharides: contains two molecules (Two monosaccharides)
- Foods with simple carbohydrates:
Complex Carbohydrates (also called polysaccharides): anywhere from 10 to thousands of disaccharides linked together from starch, glycogen, and fiber.
- Starch:
- Fiber:
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