Kowane tantanin halitta a jikinmu yana buƙatar samar da kuzari akai-akai. Carbohydrates sune mafi mahimmancin tushen mai don kwakwalwa, zuciya, tsokoki da tsarin juyayi na tsakiya. Yawancin abinci suna dogara ne akan ƙananan ƙwayar carbohydrate don asarar nauyi, amma sakamakon irin wannan abincin yana da rikici. A cikin irin wannan abincin, rashin ƙarfi yana maye gurbin da babban adadin furotin da mai. Wannan yana haifar da rikitarwa, cututtuka na zuciya, gastrointestinal tract, da sauransu. Ana narkar da carbohydrates masu cin abinci kuma an rushe su cikin glucose. Ana kiyaye glucose a cikin jini a matsayin tushen mai kai tsaye ga jiki. Lokacin da aka cika buƙatun makamashi, ana adana yawan glucose a cikin hanta da tsokoki a cikin nau'in glycogen. Lokacin da carbohydrates suka yi karanci, hanta ta rushe glycogen don sakin glucose. An rarraba Carbohydrates zuwa cikin sauki da hadaddun.
Kayan kiwo, 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari sune waɗanda ke ba da wasu bitamin, ma'adanai, antioxidants da fiber. Carbohydrates da aka tsarkake da sukari, galibi ana samun su a cikin alewa, biredi, farin gari, da abubuwan sha masu zaki, ba su da sinadirai kuma—starches—suna da wadatar bitamin A, C, E, da K, hadadden bitamin B, potassium, iron, da magnesium. . Biredi na hatsi gabaɗaya, hatsi, legumes, kayan lambu masu sitaci, ƙwaya da iri sune tushen tushen hadaddun carbohydrates waɗanda kuma ke ɗauke da fiber. Cin abinci mai yawan fiber yana hana ciwon sukari, maƙarƙashiya, kiba, da ciwon daji na hanji. Mafi ƙarancin shawarar ci na carbohydrates na abinci shine . Yawancin hukumomin kiwon lafiya sun yarda cewa carbohydrates yakamata su kasance.