eli5: Sugars are carbs. What is different about sugar that requires it to be listed separately on a nutritionql label?
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It has to do with the number of carbon atoms linked in a chain. Sugar is usually disaccharides or monosaccharides meaning very few carbon molecules in a chain. These are things like fructose, glucose or sucrose.
Your cells can burn purr sugar without having to break down the complex carbohydrates. So straight from your stomach into the bloodstream and into your cells for power, energy and hyperactivity in children.
In order for your body to use complex carbohydrates your digestive system needs to break them down into sugar for your cells to use. This takes time and your body can only process so much at any given time. As a result there is a slower controlled release of sugar into your blood and cells.
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