Question

Select one food item that is a good source of complex carbohydrates and one that is mostly simple carbohydrates. Give us the nutritional breakdown for each and compare and contrast both as it relates to proper nutrition and health.

Answer 1

Simple carbohydrates: is found naturally in our body and easily digested by our body, where as the complex carbohydrates is long and complex chains that contain many glucose molecules.

Simple carbohydrate example is brown sugar and example for the complex carbohydrate is sweet potato

NUTRIENT	COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES	SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES
	SWEET POTATO	BROWN SUGAR
CALORIES (ONE CUP)	86	380 CALORIES
CARBOHYDRATES	20 g	98G
CONTAINS	FIBER, VITAMIN , MINERAL
FAT	0.3GMS
CHOLESTREOL	0mg	0mg
SODIUM	55mg	28mg
POTTASIUM	337mg	133mg
PROTEIN	1.6 g	0.1mg
VITAMIN A	283%	0%
VITAMIN D	0%	0%
VITAMIN C	4%	0%
VITAMIN B-6	10%	0%
COBALMIN	0%	0%
MAGNESIUM	6%	2%
IRON	3%	3%
calcium	3%	8%

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES AND SIMILARITIES IN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE

COMPARISON

	Complex carbohydrate	Simple carbohydrates
1.	Provides sugar	Provides sugar
2.	Provides energy	It provides energy
3.	It Does not contain cholesterol	It Does not contain cholesterol
4.	It helps in cases of hypoglycemia	It helps in case of hypoglycemia
5.	It helps in concentration	It helps in concentration

CONTRAST

	Simple carbohydrates	Complex carbohydrates
1.	It is called simple sugars	It is called polysaccharides
2.	Has Simple chain	Has complex chain
3.	Quickly absorbed	It takes to digest
4	Energy become depleted shortly	Energy lasts for several hours
5.	It does not add bulk to intestine	It adds bulk to intestine
6.	it increase blood glucose speedily	It slowly increase blood glucose
7.	It contain minimal nutritional value other than glucose	It contain vitamins and minerals than simple carbohydrates
8	It reduces sleep as it is easily digested	It induces sleep because it addes bulk and digest slowly
9.	It increases weight	It reduces weight
10	It produces anxious	It reduces anxiety