Carbs Are Just LEGO Bricks (And That Explains Almost Everything About Nutrition)

Carbs are made of sugar. More specifically, they're made of LEGO bricks. Single bricks, snapped-together pairs, and giant LEGO castles. Once you see them that way, everything else about how your body uses carbs starts to make sense. In this segment Caleb walks through the whole system from the first bite to final storage. He covers the three main single sugars (glucose, fructose, galactose), the pairs most people have heard of (table sugar, milk sugar, malt sugar), and the long chains that make up starch and fiber. From there he walks through what actually happens in your body: why chewing a cracker long enough makes it taste sweet, why two-thirds of adults can't digest milk sugar, why marathon runners hit the wall, where glycogen gets stored, how the brain burns 130 grams of carbs a day, and the real difference between refined carbs (lighter fluid) and whole carbs (a slow-burning log). If you've been confused about carbs for years, this is the segment that finally clears it up. This is Caleb's segment from Stuff That We Like/Enjoy at Least at This Point in Time. In the full episode Christina also walks through the surprising origin story of Yellowstone, the first national park in world history. Watch the full episode on our channel. Check out more episodes on Spotify or Apple at Stuff That We Like/Enjoy at Least at This Point in Time! https://open.spotify.com/show/6TY9yGU... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Contact us at stuffthatwelikepodcast@gmail.com with any questions, concerns, or corrections! Follow the show on Instagram: @stuffthatwelikepodcast Christina on Instagram: @Cjoyfully Caleb on Instagram: @CalebcMedia #Carbohydrates #Carbs #NutritionBasics #CarbsExplained #Glucose #Glycogen #GlycemicIndex #LactoseIntolerance #SciencePodcast #StuffThatWeLike what are carbohydrates actually simple vs complex carbs explained carbs explained for beginners why does bread taste sweet when you chew it why do marathon runners hit the wall what is glycogen why can't adults digest milk Stuff That We Like Enjoy podcast glycemic index explained