monosaccharides = sugar disaccharides = sugar The mono and di simply describe the chemical structure of the sugar molecules. My dictionary describes saccharide as " one of a series of carbohydrates, including the sugars". Hope this helps Donald Diswinka wrote: > Wow, Thanks for the article Vello. > I must be really dumb for a techno but > Could someone translate this report to layman language. > > > > > This theory also makes it more easy to understand why the PWP-s > > start dislike potatoes (starch M = 162*n, 161=7*23), crave sugar > > (monosaccharide hydrate M = 198 = 2*3*3*11, disaccharides M = 342; > > 341=11*31) and avoid alchohol, beer (ethanol M = 46 = 2*23). > > This part seemed ok > but is confusing > as a 5 year parkie > I just love potatoes > in any way shape or form > and eat them > quite regularly even daily > and the 130 potatoe plants > that I planted in my garden > give me physical exercise > in hoeing and hilling > > I think I crave sugar > love those > things called chocolates > and other sweet things > that either call me "sugar" > or "sugar daddy". lol > > Disaccharides--HUH? > Cannot find this thing > in either my Thorndike-Barnhart > or Oxford Dictionary! > Looked it up on my super, duper > Unix Watson puter search engine > but never found the word as spelled > just as a part of other real big words > like Mucopolysaccharides so maybe > our Resident Nutritionist > can tell us what the word really means > in laymans terms. > > I sure don't avoid > either alcohol or beer > just the pain that prevents > any excess use > that is created > from these substances.:) > > Boy is my neuro > in for a shock > when I give him this paper > to explain to me in my > next scheduled visit > It will just blow away > my sleep apnea tests results > which are to be reviewed. > > Well on to working > fer a livin! > > Don 53/5 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn