3 Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are the starches and sugars that supply most of our energy needs. The energy from carbohydrates allows other nutrients, such as proteins, to be used to build tissue, not to produce energy.

Foods such as bread, cereal, and potatoes are a form of starch known as "complex carbohydrates." Table sugar (sucrose) and honey are referred to as "simple sugars." Foods rich in simple sugars fill you up with carbohydrates without giving you the other nutrients that you need. Complex carbohydrates, on the other hand, are a very important part of any diet.

They provide a wide range of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and even protein. Of your total calories, 10 to 15 percent should come from simple sugars, and 40 percent from complex carbohydrates.
Good sources of complex carbohydrates include

1.grains (wheat, oats, corn, and rice),
2.products made from grains (noodles, flour, macaroni, spaghetti,
grits, breads, and breakfast cereals),
3.white potatoes, sweet potatoes,
4.Dried beans and peas.
5.Fruits,
6.cane
7. Beet sugars,
8. Jellies,
9. Jams,
10.candy
11.other sweets,
12.honey,
13.molasses,
14. Syrups are concentrated sources of simple sugars.