EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Carbohydrates are found in a wide array of both healthy and unhealthy foods-bread, beans, milk, popcorn, potatoes, cookies, spaghetti, soft drinks, corn, and cherry pie. They also come in a variety of forms. The most common and abundant forms are sugars, fibers, and starches.

Detailed explanation-2: -Potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, and cereals are all examples of starchy foods and should make up just over a third of the food you eat, as shown by the Eatwell Guide(external link opens in a new window / tab) . These foods contain fewer than half the calories of fat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carbohydrates are split into 2 different types, Sugars and Starch. Starchy carbohydrates include foods such as bread, rice, pasta, potatoes and breakfast cereals, whilst sugars include those that naturally occur in fruit and milk but also added sugars used in cakes and biscuits as well as table sugar.

Detailed explanation-4: -simple carbohydrates (or simple sugars): including fructose, glucose, and lactose, which also are found in nutritious whole fruits. complex carbohydrates (or starches): found in foods such as starchy vegetables, whole grains, rice, and breads and cereals.

Detailed explanation-5: -Starches (also known as complex carbohydrates) Sugars. Fiber.