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CARBOHYDRATES
The simple Sugar and
not so simple Starch
Can you live without sugar?
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Soda/Punch
Cookies/Cake
Candy
Chocolate
Sugary Cereals
Ice cream
Desserts
CARBOHYDRATES
1. 60% of our
food should
come from
carbohydrates.
Carbs
Protein
Fats
2. Carbohydrate foods are grains,
fruits, vegetables, legumes and sugar.
CARBOHYDRATES
3. Carbohydrates give
the body energy. They
are the best source of
fuel for the body.
Carbohydrates also
help digestion, and the
metabolism and
oxidation of protein
and fat.
CARBOHYDRATES
5. If we eat more
carbohydrates than
are needed for
energy, the extra
is stored in the
liver or in the
tissues as fat.
Carbohydrates
• 6. Mainly come from plant sources,
although milk and milk products contain
come carbohydrates in the form of lactose.
Simple Carbohydrates
7. Simple carbohydrates are quick
energy sources. They come from
sugar. They do not usually supply any
other nutrients or fiber.
Simple Sugars
8. Glucose or blood sugar is the basic
source of energy for all living things.
9. Sucrose or table sugar is made from
sugar beets or sugar cane.
10. Fructose is sugar found in fruit, honey
and vegetables.
11. Glucose is sometimes known as blood
sugar.
12. Maltose is grain starch broken down
into sugar.
13. Lactose is milk sugar.
Complex Carbohydrates
14. Complex carbohydrates
supply longer lasting energy,
as well as other nutrients and
fiber that the body needs.
They are a better choice.
Starch
• 15. Starch in the body breaks down into
simple sugar. The body has to break down
all sugar and starch into glucose to use it.
Seeds
• 16. All starchy foods are plant foods.
Seed have the richest source; 70% of their
weight is starch.