Want to lose weight? Want to be healthy? You need to understand how your body uses sugar (carbohydrates) and what sugar does to your body. Simple sugars in foods include the monosaccharides glucose, fructose, and galactose. Disaccharides (compounds made from two molecules of sugar) such as maltose, sucrose (table sugar), and lactose (the sugar in milk) are also generally considered simple sugars. All of these…