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Carbohydrates (Complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides) (Fibre/NSP (non…

- - - - Broken down slowly in digestive system to provide energy
      - Adds bulk to diet
      - Keeps us feeling full for longer
      - Excess starch turned into fat and stored in body
  - - - Provides bulk in diet and helping to move the waste food through the system
        
        Preventing constipation and cleaning walls of the digestive system to remove bacteria
      - Holds water and keeps faeces soft and bulky
      - Helps prevent bowel disorders including constipation, bowel cancer, diverticular disease (wall of intestine becomes distorted and may become inflamed) and haemorrhoids (piles)
      - Helps weight control as high fibre foods are filling but as the fibre is not digested, it is not broken down to provide energy/calories
    - - Slows down digestive process and the absorption of carbohydrates; makes us feel full for longer
      - Helps control blood sugar levels
      - Good sources are oats, beans, peas, lentils and most fruit and veg
    - - Absorbs water and increases bulk, keeping faeces soft and enabling them to pass easily through the digestive system
      - Good sources: Wholemeal bread and pasta, wholegrain cereals, brown rice and some fruit and veg
- - - - Provides energy quickly
    - - Fructose
        
        Honey and some fruit and veg
      - Glucose
        
        Fruit and veg
      - Galactose
        
        Milk
  - - - Most common
      - Contains no nutrients
      - Provides energy to the body
      - Examples:
        
        Lactose
        
        Milk
        
        Maltose
        
        Grains
        
        Sucrose
        
        Sugar cane and beet