• silly_goose@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    tldr:

    Calories: Amount of energy in food.

    Carbs: An energy source that is abundant in plant food.

    Glucose: Most carbs are digested into glucose. It gets absorbed by each cell and burned into energy.

    Gluten: A protein in wheat that makes the dough stretchy. Causes gut issues for some people.

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    2 months ago

    Calorie is a measure of how much energy is in a unit of food. Carbs is a shorter word for carbohydrates: energy-rich nutrients made primarily of carbon and hydrogen Glucose is a type of sugar, a simple sugar that releases energy very quickly and easily. Sugars are carbohydrates, but not all carbohydrates are sugars. Gluten is a wheat protein that makes baked goods chewy and coherent instead of crumbly.