BIO 111 Lecture 26: Introduction to Nutrition N26
6 Jan 2021
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Very low on carbohydrates / same in nuts. For the most part when we are talking about the meat group we"re really looking at meat alternatives like beans and legumes. You want it to come from a whole grain . Examples: whole grains: barley, oat, quinoa, brown rice. As opposed to getting 15g (or more) of a donut or pastry that would come with added fat and sugar. Beans and legumes are also part of the vegetables group. Carbohydrates are the main macro-nutrient in fruit. *not accounted for added sugar intake* which is a pretty big part. Types of carbohydrate: simple sugars: naturally existent food. Plants make them, they store them in the form of starch. We also have simple sugars in our daily items. Types of simple sugars: monosaccharides: single units of sugar, galactose, fructose- highly concentrated in fruit products/ monosaccharide of the fruit, glucose most familiar with. Human health, our blood sugar, the sugar that is in our.
