List different types of dietary carbohydrates and identify f

List different types of dietary carbohydrates and identify foods typically rich in the different types.

Solution

Different types of dietary crbohydrates are;

1. Starch: It is a polysaccharide made up of many glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants as an energy store. It is the most common carbohydrate in human diets and is contained in large amounts in staple foods such as potatoes, wheat, maize (corn), rice, and cassava.

2. Glycogen; Glycogen is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in humans and other animals. It is mostly found in, beef, mutton, live etc. In humans, glycogen is made and stored primarily in the cells of the liver and the muscles.

3. Lactose: Lactose is a disaccharide sugar composed of galactose and glucose that is found in milk.

3. Sucrose: Sucrose is a disacharide sugar made by the combination of glucose and fructose. Source of sucrose is sugar cane, sugar beet etc. We can get sucrose from the sugar we consume in tea, milk, shakes etc.

4.Maltose: It is also a disaccharide contianing two monosaccharide units of glucose.

5. Fructose: It is a monosaccharide commonly called fruit sugar. It is found in fruit.

It is found in malt, cereal, pasta, potatoes and in many processed products which have been sweetened.