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Starch and Other Carbohydrates

include glucose , fructose (a sugar found in fruits), galactose (a sugar found in dairy products), maltose , sucrose (table sugar), and lactose (composed of glucose and galactose and found in milk). Simple carbs provide the body with a quick boost of energy. Some types of simple carbs are not healthy. These are “bad carbs” because they are high in refined, or processed sugar and have no nutritional value, as opposed to simple carbs, which are found naturally in fruit. Bad carbs are in such things as donuts, soda, table sugar, candy, pies, cakes, white rice, fruit juices, and white bread.

Tasty? Yes. But donuts are packed with the unhealthiest of carbohydrates.

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