HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Starchy foods are our main source of carbohydrate and have an important role in a healthy diet. Starchy foods – such as potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, and cereals – should make up just over a third of the food you eat, as shown by the Eatwell Guide.

Detailed explanation-2: -One cup (about 145 grams) of cooked pasta has about 38g of carbohydrates, 7.7g of protein and 0.6g of fats. Plus, there’s all the water that is absorbed from cooking and lots of vitamins and minerals. “But pasta is mostly carbs!” I hear you cry.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sugar: a simple carbohydrate, sugars occur naturally in foods such as fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy products, while also being the carbohydrate compound found in white bread and pasta. Starch: also known as a complex carbohydrate, meaning it is made of multiple sugar molecules that are bonded together.

Detailed explanation-4: -Complex carbohydrates are made from sugars that are combined together to form starches. These include grains, starchy vegetables, beans, rice, pasta, breads and other foods made with flour.

Detailed explanation-5: -Complex carbohydrates are present in foods such as bread and pasta. Simple carbohydrates are in foods such as table sugar and syrups. Complex carbohydrates contain longer chains of sugar molecules than simple carbohydrates. The body converts these sugar molecules into glucose, which it uses for energy.