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.