AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition: Revision Guide

Food Safety > Food spoilage and contamination Nutrients Here is a revision mind map to help you learn about carbohydrate: Too much carbohydrate in diet (excess carbohydrate) Weight gain/obesity Tooth decay Type 2 diabetes Lack of carbohydrate in diet (carbohydrate deficiency) Lack of energy, tiredness Weight loss Severe weakness Not enough fibre – constipation Function of carbohydrate in the body To get rid of waste products (dietary fibre) Main source of energy CARBOHYDRATE Macronutrient Sugars Dietary fibre (NSP) Dextrin Pectin Starch Glycogen (animals & humans) Complex carbohydrates Polysaccharides Disaccharides Monosaccharides Glucose Fructose Galactose Maltose Sucrose Lactose 3216