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OK but when people talk about "carbs" they aren't talking about chemicals, they're talking about foods. Nobody is ever going to know what the chemical composit
by alextgordon 11y ago
OK but when people talk about "carbs" they aren't talking about chemicals, they're talking about foods.
Nobody is ever going to know what the chemical composition of a potato is, it's just a potato. Fibre, water, protein content is "carbs" when it's in a potato.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoFixing notation would definitely help talking about nutrition. Scientific terms should be used precisely, or not used at all. Dear diet industry: invent your own words, or capture the generic ones. Start with 'magic'.
- wdewind 11y agoI'm not really sure what you are saying, sorry.
- rnovak 11y agoa carbohydrate refers to a molecule made up of a chain of carbon atoms bonded with hydrogen atoms (if I remember correctly from Organic Chemistry). There are plenty of different molecules, such as Sucrose, Glucose, etc, which are all forms of carbohydrate molecules. But when people refer to "carbs", they're not referring to the chemical molecule, but most likely processed carbohydrates such as bread. Hopefully that's more clear
- Dylan16807 11y agoBut a potato isn't processed, and people call it carbs.
- rnovak 11y agoI imagine the "carbs" label extends to both processed/unprocessed/simple/complex carbohydrates, which I think potato belongs to "simple" and "unprocessed" (according to this[1] website). [1] http://www.ehow.com/about_4613535_chemical-makeup-potato.html http://www.ehow.com/about_4613535_chemical-makeup-potato.htm...
- Dylan16807 11y agoNow I'm lost. Isn't that all categories of carbohydrate, meaning they're correct?
- wdewind 11y agoNo, potatoes have some simple carbs but they are predominantly starches, which are complex carbs.
- rnovak 11y agoawesome, thanks for the correction, I appreciate it.