### carbohydrate:

Carbohydrate counting
* is part of both diet management systems
  - which is fast becoming the method of choice for diet management
* meal-planning approach used for patients with diabetes.

### carbohydrate:

Complex carbohydrate
* More complex carbohydrates are formed by the combination of simple sugars into chains.
* Most complex carbohydrates are high fiber foods that digest more slowly
  - cause problems
  - find in fruit
  - have sugar
* Most complex carbohydrates help energy
  - sustain energy
* Most complex carbohydrates provide blood sugar
  - release energy
* Most complex carbohydrates serve functions
  - other body functions
* Some complex carbohydrates are indigestible in humans and other monogastric species.
* Some complex carbohydrates find in plants
  - vegetables
  - have a higher glycemic index than some of the simple carbohydrates
  - provide vitamins
* are a diet staple
  - very important part of our diets
  - absorbed by the body differently than simple carbohydrates
* are also a wonderful source of dietary fiber
  - healthful
  - among the most important nutrients for maintaining muscle tissue
* are an excellent source of energy and other nutrients
  - important source of energy, especially in lowfat diets
  - better than simple carbohydrates at supplying nutrients to the body
  - broken down slowly, so they are best
  - compounds of long strands of many simple sugars linked together
  - food like beans, brown rice, fruits and vegetables
  - foods such as whole grain breads and cereals, fruits and vegetables
  - found in foods such as pasta, bagels, whole grain breads, and rice
  - glucose molecules usually combined with fiber, cellulose and starches
* are high in fiber filling the stomach and giving a sensation of satiation
  - important as well
  - in cereals, pasta, bread, vegetables and fruits
* are long chains of sugars linked together
  - longer chains of sugars, such as starches and fiber
* are made of 'many' of the smallest sugars
  - up of many sugar molecules linked together in a chain
  - many molecules of simple sugars linked together like beads on a string
* are more nutrient dense than simple
  - nutritious than simple carbohydrates
  - necessary throughout the day
  - polysaccharides, which means they are chains of dozens of sugars
  - potatoes, brown rice, oatmeal and high grain pasta
  - starch, glycogen, and cellulose
* are starches like rice, bread, pasta, potatoes, corn, peas and beans
  - of vegetables and grains
* are the basis of a healthy balanced diet
  - key to controlling normal blood sugar levels
  - main sources of dietary fiber, an important part of a healthy diet
  - starches and fibers in grains, vegetables and legumes
  - to the human body what fuel is to an engine
* make their metabolic rates soar, exacerbating their weight problems.
* provide a slow, sustained release of energy
  - dietary fiber which helps maintain proper digestive functioning
  - much needed energy
  - needed body fuel
  - the best source for long-term energy
  - their sugars gradually
+ Nutrition: Healthy lifestyle :: Physiques
  * Carbohydrates are not needed by the body but most people eat a lot of them. Complex carbohydrates are more nutritious than simple carbohydrates. They take longer to digest. Because they stay in the stomach for longer they leave the person who has eaten them feeling fuller for longer.
+ Sugar: Carbohydrates :: Chemical compounds :: Sweeteners
  * Scientists call sugars carbohydrates. This is because sugars are made from carbon and water. Carbohydrates can be 'simple carbohydrates' or 'complex carbohydrates'. Simple carbohydrates are made of only one or a few of the smallest sugars. Complex carbohydrates are made of 'many' of the smallest sugars.

Deoxyribose
* includes atoms.
* includes chemical chain
  - groups