eli5: Sugars are carbs. What is different about sugar that requires it to be listed separately on a nutritionql label?
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sugars are carbs in the same way that bricks are houses. Simple sugars combine with other things to make carbohydrates. We talk about them in the same way sometimes because our bodies break carbs down into simple sugars to use them, so they work through many of the same processes in the body. But if someone asked you to look at a subdivision under construction and tell them how many houses were there, you wouldn’t count a pallet of bricks. It’s part of a house, but it’s not similar enough at this stage to count.
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