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DIETARY CARBOHYDRATE [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
CONT

In affluent countries over 40 percent of the dietary carbohydrate is furnished by sucrose and other refined sugars, mostly glucose and fructose, and the remainder by the polysaccharide starch. In less affluent countries, starch furnishes nearly all the carbohydrate intake, and very little sucrose is consumed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
CONT

Dans les pays riches, plus de 40 p. cent des glucides alimentaires sont fournis par du saccharose et par d'autres sucres raffinés, essentiellement du glucose et du fructose et le reste par un polysaccharide, l'amidon. Dans les pays moins riches, l'amidon fournit presque toute l'ingestion de glucides et très peu de saccharose est consommé.

Spanish

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