Carbohydrate includes both fibers and sugars. There are many types of sugars: monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose, disaccharides such as sucrose, and polysaccharides such as starch and dextrin. Excess… Click to show full abstract
Carbohydrate includes both fibers and sugars. There are many types of sugars: monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose, disaccharides such as sucrose, and polysaccharides such as starch and dextrin. Excess intake of sugar cause obesity; World Health Organization (WHO) recommends reducing daily intake of free sugars such as glucose, fructose, sucrose and table sugar to less than 10% of total energy since 2015.
               
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