A carb is a not a carb. Sucrose is composed of equal parts glucose and fructose,...

shiny on April 9, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Are grains making us fat? If so, we should be much...

A carb is a not a carb. Sucrose is composed of equal parts glucose and fructose, while starch is pure glucose. Fructose and glucose are two different 'carbs' and handled much differently by the body.