Michael Brown didnât die in the dark. He was eighteen years old, walking down a street in Ferguson, Missouri, from his apartment to his grandmotherâs, at 2:15 on a bright Saturday afternoon. He was, for a young man, exactly where he should beâamong other things, days away from his first college classes.
Slow-burning starches give sustained energy. Starchy foods â also called carbohydrates â such as potatoes, bread, cereals and pasta are an important part of a healthy diet. They're a good source of energy and the main source of a range of nutrients. Starchy foods should make up just over a third of everything you eat.
Carbohydrate is the most important source of energy for the body because it is the main fuel for both your muscles and brain. Sources of carbohydrate include starchy foods, e.g. bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, pulses and breakfast cereals.t is also provided by alcohol. Different food and drinks provide different amounts of energy. The amount of energy (measured in units of calories or kilojoules) a food contains per gram is known as its energy density.