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What is a carbohydrate?

What is a carbohydrate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide.
  2. (nutrition) a food rich in starch or other carbohydrates
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Have at least five portions of fruit and vegetables daily and go for wholegrain carbohydrate foods.
During anabolism, small molecules are changed into larger, more complex molecules of carbohydrate, protein, and fat.
The material of choice is agarose, a carbohydrate polymer purified from a salt water algae.
Due to their relative intolerance of carbohydrate, diets for carnivorous fish like rainbow trout consist primarily of proteins and lipids.
Inulin is a soluble carbohydrate of much lower molecular weight than either amylose or amylopectin.
A diet extremely high in protein and fat with very little carbohydrate intake may induce ketogenesis.

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