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to share articles to readers physical health blog. How the physical health of
the reader? Hopefully always healthy. Let the reader, on this occasion I will
share a little article about the content of carbohydrates in the diet to
maintain good physical health. Well readers, you just see the following
article.
Carbohydrates are the main source of calories for humans.
Although the number of calories contained in 1 gram of carbohydrates only
reached 4 cal, but when compared with other macro nutrients like fats and
proteins, carbohydrates are the nutrients most macro easy for us to find in a
food. In addition, some classes of carbohydrates contain fiber that serves to
facilitate the digestive process in our body. Carbohydrates are also a source
of energy for all mankind. Carbohydrates are easily available and almost all
foods contain carbohydrates.
Meanwhile, based on the chemical composition of
carbohydrates, the carbohydrate is divided into three parts:
1. Monosaccharides
2. Disaccharides
3. Polysaccharides, and
4. Fiber
. A. The function of carbohydrates for the human body.
Carbohydrates contained in food has several functions:
1. carbohydrate as an energy source of the body.
2. Carbohydrates as an energy reserve for the body.
3. Carbohydrates can be members of satiety to the stomach.
B. The need carbohydrates for the body
High or low activity of a person, it will be different needs
carbohydrates. For working adults are not too heavy, the body needs an average
of between 8-10 grams of carbohydrate per kilogram of body weight each day. Calories
your body needs daily depending on the age, sex, and type of work.
1. Men
Workers lightweight (2,400 calories), workers were (3000
calories), and for heavy workers (4500 calories).
2. Women
For women with light work (2000 calories), for a worker
being (2400 calories), and for women with heavy work (3000 calories).
C. Foods that contain carbohydrates
Carbohydrate present in many plant foods, such as foods such
as simple sugars, hexose, pentose, or carbohydrates with a molecular weight
compound such as starch, pectin, cellulose, and lignin. In general, fruits
contain lots of monosakrasa such as glucose and fructose. Disaccharides such as
sugarcane (sucrose and sucrose) are found mainly in sugar cane; in milk are
lactose or milk sugar. Several classes
of oligoskarida like many found in starch dextrin, breads, syrup, and beer.
While various polysaccharides such as starch found in many fruits.
The main source of carbohydrates in foods are cereals and
tubers. Such as the presence of starch content varying in some classes of
cereals
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