Carbohydrates Questions and Oats

[dexterium]

Here is the information for 1 cup (80 g) of Natural Rolled Oats
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300 calories
Fat 6g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Polyun 2 g
Monoun 2 g
Cholestrol 0 mg
Total Carbohydrates 54 g
Dietary Fibre 8g
Soluble 4 g
Insoluble 4 g
Sugars 2 g
Protein 10 g
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Questions:

1. There are 54 g of carbs here, 8 g of which are dietary fibre. Of that 8 g of dietary fibre, 4 g is soluble and 4 g is insoluble. Why is dietary fibre important and what is the difference between soluble and insoluble?

2. Excluding the 2 g of sugar carbs, there are 44 g of other carbs. What kind of carbs are these? Are they starch/complex carbs?

3. When trying to eat foods with lots of carbs, it is important to try and get the foods with the least amount of sugar carbs and the most amount of starch/complex carbs, correct?

Thanks for your answers.

[tongueincheeeck]

Here is the information for 1 cup (80 g) of Natural Rolled Oats
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300 calories
Fat 6g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Polyun 2 g
Monoun 2 g
Cholestrol 0 mg
Total Carbohydrates 54 g
Dietary Fibre 8g
Soluble 4 g
Insoluble 4 g
Sugars 2 g
Protein 10 g
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Questions:

1. There are 54 g of carbs here, 8 g of which are dietary fibre. Of that 8 g of dietary fibre, 4 g is soluble and 4 g is insoluble. Why is dietary fibre important and what is the difference between soluble and insoluble?

2. Excluding the 2 g of sugar carbs, there are 44 g of other carbs. What kind of carbs are these? Are they starch/complex carbs?

3. When trying to eat foods with lots of carbs, it is important to try and get the foods with the least amount of sugar carbs and the most amount of starch/complex carbs, correct?

Thanks for your answers.

1. Do a search on here or on google "dietary fibre soluble insoluble". Fair bit of reading to do on fibre, and once youve read it, youll b a fibre expert for life... Soluble, and INsoluble,.. What does that suggest to you the difference between them?!?

2. Yes they are starchy/complex carbs (ie non simple)

3. Yes exactly. However this does not count when eating fruit cause fruit sugar is good.

[saw14]

Yes exactly. However this does not count when eating fruit cause fruit sugar is good.

dont forget to add in the sugars from milk products. check the lable to see what the ingridients are and make sure that sugar, sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, maltose, maltodextrin, etc. arent in the product. if they arent then the sugar in something like yogurt or milk is lactose which is just milk sugar and that is ok too.