Energy Producing Nutrients

Carbohydrates:

Simple Carbohydrates:

Sugars - Glucose- is a major kind of simple sugar

       -(a.k.a. blood sugar) is a basic sugar molecule

           

                                                Monosaccharides [simple sugars]

Glucose                           Fructose                                                  Galactose

                       

                                                Disaccharides [double sugars]

Glucose + Fructose=

Glucose +Galactose=

Glucose + Glucose =

Complex Carbohydrates:

                                                   Polysaccharides

Starches- are stored in plants that the body must break down into glucose (simple   

                  sugar) to be used as long sustained energy.

                -wheat, rice, corn are staples all around the world.

    -beans & peas: 40% starch by weight and also provide protein (lima

      beans, pinto beans, kidney, chick peas, soybeans)

    -potatoes, yams

If we consume more carbohydrates than we need, they are stored as glycogen in the liver when the body needs glucose and turned into blood glucose or converted into fat and deposited in the tissues for future use.

Fibre – found in plant cells

           - fibre provides plants their structure.

           -not a source of energy because they are not absorbed by the body

           -non digestible part of the plant.

Water Insoluble:

Water Soluble: