Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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ISBN: 9781305886865
Author: Sizer, Frances , WHITNEY, Ellie
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Dietary carbohydrates are the easiest and cheapest source of energy required for facilitating metabolism. The dietary carbohydrates are monosaccharides and disaccharides.

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