Wonke amangqamuzana emizimbeni yethu adinga ukutholakala kwamandla njalo. Ama-carbohydrate angumthombo obaluleke kakhulu wamafutha obuchopho, inhliziyo, imisipha kanye nesistimu yezinzwa ephakathi. Izidlo eziningi zisekelwe ekudleni okuphansi kwe-carbohydrate ukuze ulahlekelwe isisindo, kodwa imiphumela yokudla okunjalo iyimpikiswano. Ekudleni okunjalo, ukuntuleka kwamandla kuthathelwa indawo inani elikhulu lamaprotheni namafutha. Lokhu kuholela ezinkingeni, izifo zenhliziyo, i-gastrointestinal tract, njalonjalo. Ama-carbohydrate okudla ayagaywa futhi ahlukaniswe abe ushukela. IGlucose igcinwa egazini njengomthombo oqondile wamafutha omzimba. Lapho izidingo zamandla zifinyelelwa, i-glucose eyeqile igcinwa esibindini nasemisipha ngendlela ye-glycogen. Uma ama-carbohydrate entula, isibindi siphula i-glycogen ukuze sikhiphe ushukela. Ama-carbohydrate ahlukaniswa ngokwezigaba elula futhi eyinkimbinkimbi.
Imikhiqizo yobisi, izithelo nemifino yizo ezihlinzeka ngamavithamini, amaminerali, ama-antioxidants kanye ne-fiber. Ama-carbohydrate acolisisiwe noshukela, atholakala kakhulu kumaswidi, amakhekhe, kufulawa omhlophe naseziphuzweni ezinoshukela, akanazo izakhi futhi—isitashi—anothile ngovithamini A, C, E, no-K, uvithamini B, i-potassium, insimbi ne-magnesium. . Izinkwa ezigcwele okusanhlamvu, okusanhlamvu, okusanhlamvu, imifino enesitashi, amantongomane kanye nembewu kuyimithombo emihle kakhulu yama-carbohydrate ayinkimbinkimbi futhi aqukethe i-fiber. Ukudla okune-fiber eningi kuvimbela isifo sikashukela, ukuqunjelwa, ukukhuluphala kanye nomdlavuza wamathumbu. Isilinganiso esincane esinconyiwe sokudla ama-carbohydrates yi-. Iziphathimandla zezempilo eziningi ziyavuma ukuthi ama-carbohydrate kufanele abe.