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What are complex carbohydrates that aids elimination and may help prevent heart disease and cancer?
Dietary Fiber is the complex carbohydrate that aids elimination and may help prevent heart disease.
Fiber and starches are known as?
Complex carbohydrates
What are the two types of DIETARY complex carbohydrates?
The two types of dietary complex carbohydrates are dietary fiber and starch.
Starches and fiber are often called what carbohydrates?
complex :)
Do proteins form dietary fiber?
No, dietary fiber is composed of undigestible complex carbohydrates.
What are the three groups of carbohydrates can be divided into?
Simple, complex, and Fiber
Is grapes a simple or complex carbohydrate?
Grapes contain primarily simple carbohydrates in the form of natural sugars like glucose and fructose. They also have small amounts of more complex carbohydrates like fiber, but overall they are considered a simple carbohydrate due to their high sugar content.
Complex carbohydrates not broken down by digestive processes are?
dietary fiber
What is the proper way to count net grams of carbohydrates?
Total carbohydrates- insoluble fiber= net carbs. Your body can't break down insoluble fiber (since it is insoluble!), so it's not counted towards carbs. Other foods may contain special sugars which aren't counted towards net carbs, but for most foods, simply subtracting fiber will give you a good idea of net carbs.
How is dietary fiber produced from carbohydrates?
Dietary fiber is not produced from carbohydrates. Dietary fiber is a type of carbohydrate. There are three main types of carbohydrates: Simple carbohydrates such as sugar, complex carbohydrates such as breads and cereals, and fiber such oat bran or fruit skin. All three types can be found combined but in varying amounts in many foods.
The most abundant form of complex carbohydrates ingested should come from what?
fiber
What complex carbohydrates provide the body with long lasting energy?
Starches; Fiber
