营养健康与癌症预防之碳水化合物.docx

营养健康与癌症预防之碳水化合物Carbohydrates receive a lot of attention in the press: good carbs, bad carbs and no carbs.Its hard to know what to make of all this discussion.In this presentation we will outline basic information about dietary carbohydratesand give you some sounds advice on how to build a healthy diet.Lets start by thinking about carbohydrate-restricted diets.These diets usually limit carbohydrate intake to below 50 grams per day.These diets have been around in some form since before the 1960s.The Atkins Diet was first presented in the 60s and skyrocketed the popularity of low carbohydrates in the US.The fad reached a peak in popularity during the 1990swith publication of the South Beach diet, the Zone diet and others.Unfortunately, these diets are not sustainable, balanced diets.The point of this presentation is to emphasize balance within ones own diet.To understand the role of carbohydrates in health we need to define different forms of carbohydrates.Simple carbohydrates, also called sugars, are the first type we will discuss.In this ingredient list for nature valley granola barsyou can see here how many ingredients in this list are simple carbohydrates.There are seven.In the forms of high maltose corn syrup, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, malt, fructose, maltodextrin and honey.Simle carbohydrates are called simple because they do not require much effort to be digested and absorbed.They are therefore a very quick source of energy.Simple carbohydrates are available in a wide variety of forms.Some types that you have probably seen and used everydayinclude white and brown sugar, honey, molasses and corn syrup.Some other forms that you will see more in processed foodsinclude fructose, sucrose, glucose and maltose.Sucrose is another name for table sugar.A very ommon food ingredient is high fructose corn syrup.This is made from corn starch and is different from the corn syrup that you can purchase at the grocery store.High-fructose corn syrup is very sweet and costs