Carbohydrates

Energy-producing nutrients

The nutrients that supply us with energy are carbohydrates, proteins and fat.

Carbohydrate	Source
Sugars	Fruits Honey
Lactose	Milk Dairy products (milk sugar)
Starches	Corn Wheat Rice Barley Oats Potatoes
Slowly fermentable fibre like cellulose	Wheat bran
Moderately fermentable fibre	Rice bran Pea fibre Wheat bran
Rapidly fermentable fibre	Apples Citrus pulp Guar gum

Simple carbohydrates and starches in foods are used by the body as a source of glucose. As such, they have several major functions, they:

provide energy
produce heat when they are metabolized for energy
can be used as building blocks for other nutrients (e.g., certain amino acids, lactose (the sugar in milk) and vitamin C)
provide storage of energy in the form of glycogen or fat

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