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Health and Nutrition

Carbohydrates

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Main source of energy in our diets Carbohydrates!
Foods with high carb values starches, sugars, cellulose
2 types of carbs Simple and complex
Simple carbs Good: Fruit and honey. Bad: processed food, empty calories. You will crave these if you eat them.
Complex carbohydrates potatoes, yams, peas, beans.
Building blocks of carbohydrates Monosacharides (most important), Disacharides (pairs of monosacharides), polysacharides (chains of monosacharides)
Monosacharides Simple carb! Glucose (most sweet), fructose (some sweet), galactose (weak sweet)
Disaacharides Simple carb! Glucose + glucose = maltose. Glucose + fructose = sucrose (table sugar). Glucose + galactose = lactose (milk sugar)
Polysaccharides (glycogen) Complex carb! Storage from of glucose. Glycogen. Stored in 2 places: liver and muscles. Muscles rely on it's own glycogen stores. The rest of the body uses the liver's glygogen.
Plysaccharides (starches) starches are a form of glucose stored in plants. Good sources of grains, rice, wheat, tubers
Polysaccharides (fiber) soluble and insoluble. Soluble: aids in lower cholesterol. Insoluble: aids in regulation. Helps with digestion process by stimulating peristalsis. Good sources: veggie, fruit, beans, nuts, seeds, lentils, dry peas
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