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@ -29,11 +29,22 @@ There are 3 categories of carbs.
- Can cause diarrhea when consumed
- Non-nutritive sweeteners are a group of synthetic compounds that are intensely sweet tasting compared to sugar
- Examples include Aspertame, Saccharin, Acesulfame-K, Neotame, and Sucralose
- Glycogen = storage form of glucose
- A highly branched storage polysaccharide in animals
- Muscles and liver are major storage sites
# Starches
Complex carbs have 3 or more monosaccharides bonded together
- Starch is a storage polysaccharide in plants.
- Composed of amylose and amylopectin
- Rich sources include:
- Bread and cereal products made from wheat, ric
- Bread and cereal products made from wheat, rice, barley, and oats
# Fiber
- Plants also use complex carbohydrates to make supportive and protective structures
- Dietary fiber is non-digestible plant material
- Most types are polysaccharides
- Soluble fiber
- Forms of dietary fiber that dissolve or swell in water. includes pectins, gums, mucilages, and some hemicelluloses
- Insoluble fiber
- Forms of dietary fiber that generally do not dissolve in water: Includes cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin