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Starch
Starch is a carbohydrate that is produced by all green plants using excess glucose.
In the above video, John McDougall argues that a proper human diet is based on starch. Foods that are high in starch include rice, potatoes, cornmeal, beans, macaroni, etc.
Starch is a complex carbohydrate. This means that they are comprised of three or more linked sugars. Therefore, they take longer to break down to glucose when compared with simple carbohydrates.
How many linked sugars units are found in starches?