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During digestion, all carbohydrates are broken down into glucose before they can enter the bloodstream where insulin helps the glucose enter the body’s cells. Some glucose is stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles for future use, like fueling a workout.
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Monosaccharides (simple sugars): These include fructose (fruit sugar) and glucose, often called blood sugar because it's what all carbohydrates are broken down into in the body. Only glucose circulates in the blood, providing energy to organs, glands, muscles, indeed to every cell.
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www.crescentlife.com/dietnutrition/carbohydrates.htm
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Acid hydrolysis. In a polysaccharide, two or more monosaccharide structures join together by eliminating a H from one and an OH group from another (the spare bits join up as a water molecule). This process can continue almost indefinitely. ...
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For example, excess glucose (a cause of hyperglycemia) is converted in the liver to glycogen (glycogenolysis) in response to the hormone insulin, and stored. Likewise, if blood sugar levels fall, (eg. between meals), the glycogen is re-conv...
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Digestion is the process by which food and drink are broken down into their smallest parts so the body can use them to build and nourish cells and to provide energy. ... Carbohydrates, for example, spend the least amount of time in the stomach, while protein stays in the stomach longer, and fats the longest.
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Choose good carbs, not no carbs. ... Don't be misled by fad diets that make blanket pronouncements on the dangers of carbohydrates. They provide the body with fuel it needs for physical activity and for proper organ function, and they are an important part of a healthy diet.
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www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates.html
www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates.html
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Glycogen is broken back down into glucose when energy is needed (a process called glycogenolysis). ... Carbohydrates have the general molecular formula CH2O, and thus were once thought to represent "hydrated carbon". However, the arrangement of atoms in carbohydrates has little to do with water molecules.
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carbohydrates come in the form of long chains that we call polysaccharides. In our body, they are first broken down into dissacharides (a simpler form) by salivary amylase. Any that is not broken is later broken down in the small intestine ...
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