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Have you ever heard the term about simple and complex carbohydrates? Well, sugar is a simple carbohydrate. It is called that way because it is soluble in the water and instantly absorbed by the body to convert into energy.

Generally, there are two types of sugar: a monosaccharide and disaccharide. Like its name, mono which means one, it was formed from one molecule of sugar; ‘the members are‘ include glucose, fructose and galactose. While disaccharide formed from two molecules of sugar. ‘The members are’ consisted from sucrose (a combination of glucose and fructose), lactose (if it is divided will become glucose and galactose), and last is maltose (two glucose combination).

The more sugar molecules gathered, then it will form a complex carbohydrate. More number of molecules, more complex the carbohydrate is. So it is clear now, right?! Any source of carbohydrates that you eat it must be containing sugar.

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