Question

Answer the following questions briefly.
What are the two categories of carbohydrates? Give two examples of each.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Types of Carbohydrates

On this page, we'll get acquainted with the chemical structure of different types of carbohydrates and learn where we find them in foods.

First, all carbohydrates are made up of the same chemical elements:

carbon (that's the "carbo-" part)

hydrogen and oxygen, in about a two-to-one proportion, just like in H2O (that's the "-hydrate" part)

For this reason, you may see carbohydrates abbreviated as "CHO" in our class.

Carbohydrates can be divided into two main types: simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates are made up of just one or two sugar units, whereas complex carbohydrates are made up of many sugar units. We'll look at each of these in turn. This figure gives you an overview of the types of carbohydrates that we'll cover