HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

CARBOHYDRATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which food contains the most starch?
A
Pasta
B
Broccoli
C
Table sugar
D
Steak
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Whole-Wheat Flour (57.8%) Instant Noodles (56%) Shortbread Cookies (40.5%) Rice (28.7%) Pasta (26%) Corn (18.2%) Potatoes (18%) More items

Detailed explanation-2: -Foods high in starch include: Starchy vegetables like peas, corn, lima beans and potatoes. Dried beans, lentils and peas such as pinto beans, kidney beans, black eyed peas and split peas. Grains like oats, barley and rice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Coarse grain starches noodles are made from various legume starches such as broad bean, pea, cowpea, bean, and various tuber or root starches such as potato, sweet potato, cassava, and a variety of grain starches such as maize, wheat, sorghum.

Detailed explanation-4: -Single molecules of glucose attached in long strings are what form starches. The structure of different starches varies, but they are always made of glucose. In other words, the 40 grams of starches found in a cup of cooked spaghetti corresponds to 40 grams of glucose once digested.

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