Carbohydrates part 1

• Biochemical Substances


  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Lipids
  • Nucleic Acids
  • Other biomolecules
• Carbohydrates


  General names include sugars, starches, saccharides, and polysaccharides
• 45-65% of our food should come from carbohydrates
• carbohydrates are

  • Grains
  • Fruits
  • Vegetables
  • Legumes
  • Sugar
• Simple carbohydrates


  Quick energy sources that come from sugar and do not usually supply any other nutrients or fiber
• Disaccharides


  • Sucrose (table sugar, found in sugar cane)glucose +fructose
  • Maltose (malt sugar, used to ferment beer)glucose+glucose
  • Lactose (milk sugar, found in milk of mammals)glucose and galactose