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A carbohydrate can refer to any food that contains starch in high amounts of the complex carbohydrate starch or the simple carbohydrate sugar. Foods that are considered to be high in these are fruits, sweets, soft drinks, breads, pastas, beans, potatoes, bran, rice, and cereals.
While carbohydrates are not necessary for a human's essential nutrition, they do serve as a common energy source for the human body. The Institute of Medicine reccomends that adults get get from 45-65% of dietary energy from carbohydrates. Risks from eating carbohydrates, which exist in almost all foods, include heart disease and obesity.
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Can you give me a sentence with the word carbohydrate?
carbohydrate is good and bad.
Can you give me sentence with the word carbohydrate?
carbohydrate is good and bad.
What is another name for good and bad carbohydrate?
Simple carbohydrate and complex carbohydrate. A simple carbohydrate is basically a form of sugar and can be found in foods like corn. Complex carbohydrates can be stored in your body for long term energy.
Are some types of carbohydrate food good for you?
Natural carbohydrate from fresh vegetables and fruit is is good for you.
Is it bad for diabetics to eat rice?
It's not a matter of being "good" or "bad". Rice has a high carbohydrate content and with diabetes you should control your carbohydrate intake and balance it with insulin to achieve your target blood sugar level.
Which type of carbohydrate does not provide lasting energy?
bad kind
Why is it important to have carbohydrate in a diet?
it is good for you
Is carbohydrate good for people?
yes
Is high carbohydrate diet bad for type 2 diabetic?
yes
Is carbohydrate useful or harmful?
A carbohydrate can be useful or harmful depending on the type that is eaten. Good carbohydrates have fiber in them.
What is a good source of simple carbohydrate?
rice
Is food with high carbohydrate good?
Ni
