BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

CARBOHYDRATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the foods listed below from this group do not come from grains (cereals)?
A
Plantain
B
Porridge
C
Bread
D
Pasta
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Foods made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or another cereal grain is a grain product. Bread, pasta, breakfast cereals, grits, and tortillas are examples of grain products. Foods such as popcorn, rice, and oatmeal are also included in the Grains Group.

Detailed explanation-2: -Grains. Any food made from wheat, rye, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or other cereal grain is a grain product. This includes bread and pasta, breakfast cereal, grits, tortillas, and even popcorn. Grains-along with fruits, vegetables, and dairy-contain carbohydrates, the body’s main source of energy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Foods that go into the “others” group, according to Fuel Up to Play 60’s Nutrition Backgrounder, are foods like soft drinks, cookies, cake, chips and candy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Important cereals are wheat, rice, maize, oat, barley, rye, millet and sorghum. All cereals belong to the Gramineae family – other important crops included in this family are bamboo and sugar cane.

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