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From the perspective of cooking- sugar is a carbohydrate, carbohydrate isn’t sugar. Much like protein isn’t amino acids, and fats aren’t triglycerides.
All carbohydrates are made of joined up strings of glucose (which is blood sugar), fructose, and galactose. At the end of the day, they all get used to make energy. These are called monosaccharides.
If we just included all carbohydrate as ‘monosaccharides’ though, it would hide certain pieces of information. Different carbohydrates have different health effects. Complex carbohydrates are pretty good for you. Humans can’t digest all carbohydrates – fibre is carbs too and it’s fantastic for your health! It would also hide added sugars, which are usually pretty bad for you.
If we presented it as “sugar”, then a banana (22g carbs/100g) would appear to be way less good for you than a can of Coca-Cola (10g/100g).
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