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•Gains and cereals

•Starchy vegetables

•Legumes including dried and canned varieties

•Fruit; frozen, fresh, dried and juiced.

•Dairy foods from cow/sheep/goat milks

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Carbohydrate is one of the most important organic compounds in nature. It is mainly composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. It is an essential element of life.

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Any fun facts or misinformation associated with the nutrient

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Any fun facts or misinformation associated with the nutrient

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Red meat is not bad when you choose leaner cuts of beef (top round, flank or sirloin) and pork (tenderloin or center cut) and eat a healthy portion (3-4 ounces).

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The energy value of digestible carbohydrates is generally accepted as 4 kcal/g for both sugars and starches.

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Depending on your age, sex, activity level, and overall health, your carbohydrate requirements will vary!

Carbohydrates – 16.7 kj of energy released per gram of carbohydrate broken down

Carbohydrates should make up roughly 45 - 65% of your total energy intake, which is approximately 225 to 325 grams of carbohydrates per day!

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The main role of dietary carbohydrates is the provision of energy to cells

Providing energy and regulation of blood glucose.

Sparing the use of proteins for energy.

Breakdown of fatty acids and preventing ketosis.

Biological recognition processes.

Flavour and Sweeteners.

Dietary fiber.

•Used in the Krebs Cycle for cells to produce energy.

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Monosaccharides are single sugars:

•fructose

•Galactose

Disaccharides are pairs of monosaccharides, one of which is always glucose:

•maltose (glucose + glucose)

•sucrose (glucose + fructose)

•lactose (glucose + galactose)

Polysaccharides

•Provides a rapid release of energy when needed

•Glycogen

•Starch

•Fibre

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The dietary carbohydrate family includes the:
simple carbohydrates (the sugars)

complex carbohydrates (the starches and fibre)

The simple carbohydrates are chemists describe as:

monosaccharides – single sugars

disaccharides – sugars composed of pairs of monosaccharides.

The complex carbohydrates are:

polysaccharides – large molecules composed of chains of monosaccharides.