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    The chemical structures and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and, Nucleic acids. Carbohydrates often known as sugars and are also known as an organic compound, its oxygen, carbon and, hydrogen. Carbohydrates are classified into three categories basically carbohydrates is sugar and is broken down into monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and, polysaccharides. Also, cells attach carbohydrate molecules to proteins and lipids. Carbohydrates help us by providing our body with energy. The simplest

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    Bradie Anderson Carbohydrates are the main energy source. Without carbs, the body could not function in the ways that they should. Sources of carbs include fruits, breads and grains, vegetables and sugars. You should try and make at least half of the grains you consume whole grains. Whole grains and fruit are full of fiber, which reduces the risk of heart disease and helps keep normal blood glucose levels. Protein is responsible for the building and repair of body tissues. Protein is broken down

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    Carbohydrate loading is a strategy used by some of the athletes. This strategy is aimed at increasing the amount of fuel that is kept at their muscles to enable them to improve their performance by enduring events. Carbohydrate loading is achieved through the continuous eating of high-carbohydrates meals while reducing the level of activities. Carbohydrate loading is mostly beneficial for enduring athletes such as swimmers, cyclists, and marathon runners. Other athletes do not require carbohydrate

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    (D1) Amendment The structure of carbohydrates is made of 3 simple elements. Carbon, Hydrogen and oxygen. These form in specific patterns creating carbohydrates, which are required for everyday living. Carbohydrates can come in two forms either complex carbohydrates or simple carbohydrates. What determines this is if there are three or more sugars attached in a chain this would be known as a complex carbohydrate or more commonly known as starchy foods. Carbohydrates are ideal energy sources for the

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    nutrients, and minerals that are important to the body, and the ones that will be covered in this paper are electrolytes, carbohydrates, and proteins. The items listed above are vital to body functions in many ways; for example, electrolytes necessary for proper muscle contraction (Nordqvist 2013). Proteins are essentially what allow our bodies to function as they do, and carbohydrates provide us with the energy that allows it to function. Our body is an amazing and intricate machine, and that’s basically

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    Carbohydrates paly an important part in athelets ' perfomenace. The basic componant of a carbohydrate is a simple union of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are three major kinds of Carbohydrates: monosaccharides (or simple sugars), disaccharides, and polysaccharides. 1. Monosaccharides: [Sugar] It is the simplest form of carbohydrate as it consists of single-sugar unit. The monosaccharides is main and primary source of energy for organisms. 2. Disaccharides: [simple or fast-acting carbohydrate]

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    Protein and carbohydrates are both macronutrients required for health reasons. But which one of these macronutrients before a run affects running performance more favorably? Most people recognize protein as something that helps build stronger muscles. But is that the only thing that protein helps with? Carbohydrates which are also called sugar is stored as glycogen in the muscles and comes from healthy (fruit) and unhealthy (candy) places. Researchers were curious to know, what macro-nutrient has

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    Carbohydrates: It is recommended that at least 50-60% of your daily calorie intake comes from carbohydrates. This about 4-5kg of carbohydrates per kilogram of body weight for the average person. This would be more depending on the amount of exercise that each person does. Carbohydrates are either starches or sugars. Starchy foods, especially those that are unrefined such as whole grain bread, rice, pasta, cereals and potatoes, provide a steady supply of energy. However, these foods can be filling

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    Carbohydrates, Lipids or Proteins? Elizabeth Martin del Campo 20609008 Partner: April D’Souza TA’s: Avril Metcalfe & Quinton Yau BIOL 130L 005 Tuesday from 7:00PM to 9:50PM B2 149 Sept 22, 2015 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this lab is to determine the type of macromolecules that make up a particular unknown solution; using 3 different chemical tests. The first test consists of adding Benedict’s reagent to 12 different solutions; including the unknown. If any of the 12 solutions

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    disaccharides commonly found in foods and their component monosaccharides. In what foods are these sugars found? There are three types of monosaccharides; Glucose, Fructose, and Galactose. Monosaccharides are a type of sugar and often called simple carbohydrates. These different sugars all have the same structures consisting of 6 carbon atoms, 12 hydrogens, and 6 oxygen atoms. They all follow the rules of chemistry with each carbon atom having 4 bonds, oxygen having 2, and hydrogen 1 bond. The difference

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