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===About Carbohydrates===
: Carbohydrates can be split into two groups. [[Polysaccharide|Complex Carbohydrate]]s like [[starch]] which are very important in our diet and [[Sugar|Simple Carbohydrate]]s called [[sugar]]s that can be harmful if we eat to much of them.
===Sugar===
====Sugar Molecules====
: Sugar molecules are simple and the body can quickly get energy from them.
: You should know:
*Glucose - A sugar found in syrup and sweets.
*Fructose - A sugar found in fruits.
*Sucrose - Found in white sugar which is made of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule bonded together.
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|[[File:BreadSugarMolecules.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Pasta.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Potato.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Rice.png|center|200px400px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px400px; text-align:center;" |Bread makes part of a '''balanced diet''' because it has a lot of stored energy we can use.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A '''balanced diet''' might contain pasta for energyThere are many different sugar molecules.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Potatoes These are an excellent source of energy in a '''balanced diet'''.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Rice is a very important part of many people's '''balanced diet'''just three examples.
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====Sugar in foods====
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|+ Foods with lots of [[sugars]]:
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sweets are full of [[sugar]] with nothing healthy in them.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Energy drinks have nothing healthy in them and are packed with [[sugar]].
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===Starch===
===Starch Molecule===
: Starch is made of hundreds of glucose molecules bonded together.
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|[[File:StarchMolecule.png|center|600px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |A starch molecule made of many smaller glucose molecules.
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====Starch in Foods====
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|+ Foods with lots of [[starch]]:
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|[[File:Bread.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Pasta.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Potato.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Rice.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Bread makes part of a '''balanced diet''' because it has a lot of stored energy we can use.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A '''balanced diet''' might contain pasta for energy.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Potatoes are an excellent source of energy in a '''balanced diet'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Rice is a very important part of many people's '''balanced diet'''.
|}