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Fat-Burning FoodsNutrition: Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are your main source of energy, that is why we need carbohydrates. When they are combined with oxygen (oxidized) in cells, carbon dioxide and water are formed and energy is released. The equation is easy: Glucose + Oxygen = Energy + Carbon dioxide + Water. Now you know what is in carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are classified by nutritionists as sugars, starches and fiber. Their basic chemical structure is a compound called a saccharide. Sugars are formed either from a single type of saccharide called a monosaccharide (e.g. glucose) or from two saccharides joined together forming a disaccharide (e.g. sucrose). When many saccharides are joined together, polysaccharides are formed (e.g. starch).
list of complex carbohydrates
As a rule of thumb, to ensure a complex carbohydrates rich diet, you should eat foods in their most natural state. Do not cook or fry the food from our list of examples of complex carbohydrates food: oatmeal, bran rice, brown rice, all kinds of noodles, potatoes and other root vegetables, wholegrain breads and cereals, oats, corn, peas and beans.
