Comment on Can someone explain, calories, carbs, glucose, and gluten?

silly_goose@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

tldr:

Calories: Amount of energy in food.

Carbs: An energy source that is abundant in plant food.

Glucose: Most carbs are digested into glucose. It gets absorbed by each cell and burned into energy.

Gluten: A protein in wheat that makes the dough stretchy. Causes gut issues for some people.

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