On every nutrition label (on the ones i’ve seen at least) there’s a section called “Carbohydrates”, and right under it is “of which sugars”
For example, this pack of chips I have lists that in 100g there’s 61g of carbohydrates, of which 2.4g are sugars (speaking of which, what sugars are these, even? monosaccharides? polisaccharides? both?)
And that made me wonder - what makes up the other 58.6 grams, and what purpose do those carbohydrates serve in the body? I’ll admit that I’m really inexperienced when it comes to stuff like this, so apologies in advance if this is something really obvious.
I assume these other answers are correct because I don’t understand them at all.
I’ve always been told that carbs are full of energy (the keep your body moving kind), which is great if you need to use it, but if you don’t, it just makes you fat.
If energy in is greater than energy out, over time the extra is stored as fat. It doesn’t really matter what form that energy takes. You can get fat from eating too many carbs, fats, or proteins.
Right. I meant that there is more energy per gram in carbs, not that it’s the only way to get fat.