carbohydrates?

traceyroy54

Which foods are classified as carbs ?

crackpotbaby

Carbohydrates are foods made up of carbon oxygen and hydrogen molecules aranged in long or short chain.

They are essentially long and short chain sugars.

To name foods that are carbs it is things like:

Grains
Fruits
Vegetables
Simple sugars such as honey, cane sugar etc

And products made from these sorts of things.

Often the diet industry and media refer to refined bread/pasta/cake type products as 'carbs'.

This is kinda accurate but kinda way not.

TavistockToad

is butter a carb?!

Alatariel75

Carbs are a macro rather than specific foods. The three macros are protein, fat and carbohydrate. Most food is made up of a combination of the three. Very few foods are made up of solely one macro.

Foods that are more carbohydrate than anything else include grains, vegetables, fruits and sugars. As grains are a carbohydrate, foods made from them, such as bread, pasta, baked goods etc etc are generally referred to as carbohydrates (though they will invariably also contain protein and fat in some amounts).

amusedmonkey

Almost everything that isn't pure meat, cheese, eggs, or mostly pure fat (like oil, butter, grease, tallow...etc) has carbs. Most plants and things made almost entirely from plants (like bread and pasta) are mostly carbs.

kommodevaran

No foods should be classified as carbs. Carbohydrate is sugar, starch and fiber, which can be found in foods that are or are derived from plants.

lemurcat12

Alatariel75 wrote: »

Carbs are a macro rather than specific foods. The three macros are protein, fat and carbohydrate. Most food is made up of a combination of the three. Very few foods are made up of solely one macro.

Foods that are more carbohydrate than anything else include grains, vegetables, fruits and sugars. As grains are a carbohydrate, foods made from them, such as bread, pasta, baked goods etc etc are generally referred to as carbohydrates (though they will invariably also contain protein and fat in some amounts).

I'd add to this that weirdly often foods that are as much fat as carbs (like most baked goods other than plain bread, chip, fries, mac&cheese, most sweets like cookies, ice cream, donuts) and various others may be as much fat as carbs and have a lot of protein too (pizza, most pasta dishes, fast food meals, so on).

People use "carbs" in an inaccurate and confusing manner very often.

ccruz985

The ones that are the most delicious and satisfying.