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2. Carbohydrates should be 45%-65% of calories in your diet, which is about 200 grams-300 grams of carbohydrates daily, we should get half of the energy from carbohydrates for adults. Children should take about 16%.

3. 1g of carbohydrate contains 3.75 calories.

4. Other nutrients like protein affects the speed of how the carbohydrates get digested

5. Carbohydrates splits into 2 groups: simple carbohydrates (sugar) and complex carbohydrate (natural starches), complex carbohydrate provide a slower and more sustained release of energy than simple carbohydrate.