Good fats come mainly from vegetables, nuts, seeds, and fish. They differ from saturated fats by having fewer hydrogen atoms bonded to their carbon chains. Healthy fats are liquid at room temperature, not solid. There are two broad categories of beneficial fats: monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.
A 1-cup serving of sliced plantains provides you with 48 grams of carbohydrates, or about 16 percent of the daily value for a person who consumes 2,000 calories per day. Sugars While you should limit added sugars, you don't need to limit sugars naturally found in foods, including fruits like plantains.
Most fruits contain little if any starch. However, bananas and their relatives, plantains, contain more starch, especially if they aren't very ripe. As these fruits ripen, their sugar content increases. A cup of fried, green plantain slices has 43 grams of starch, the same amount of yellow fried plantain has 22.4 grams and a cup of mashed banana has 12 grams of starch.