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Your Body’s Need for Food Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins and Nucleic Acids
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What are organic compounds? most matter in your body is made of organic compounds organic compounds contain carbon carbon atoms covalently bond to other elements like hydrogen and oxygen
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What are the four organic compounds found in the human body? 1.Carbohydrates 2.Lipids 3.Proteins 4.Nucleic Acids
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Carbohydrates (sugars or starches) What are carbohydrates made of? 1.) carbon 2.) hydrogen 3.) oxygen carbohydrates (carbs) are a key source of energy carbs are found in fruits, vegetables and grains
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Carbohydrate Structure mmonosaccharide's – contain 1 sugar molecule and cannot be broken down ddisaccharides – sugar made up of two monosaccharide's ppolysaccharides – made up of many monosaccharide's linked together by glycosidic linkages
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Examples of Carbohydrates FFruits, vegetables and grains
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Lipids (fats) What are lipids made of? 1.) carbon 2.) hydrogen 3.) oxygen lipids are fats that store energy in cells, fats are found around tissues as padding and insulation
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Lipids (Fats) Continued lipids are found in fats, steroids and waxes 2 types of lipids 1.) saturated fat: solid at room temperature 2.) unsaturated fat: liquid at room temperature
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Lipid Structure saturated fats – solid at room temperature, contains only single bonds
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Lipid Structure Continued uunsaturated fats – liquid at room temperature contains double bonds
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Examples of saturated and unsaturated fats saturated fats unsaturated fats
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Examples of Lipids Fats, steroids and waxes
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Proteins WWhat are proteins made of? 1.) amino acids that are linked together by peptide bonds form proteins pproteins do most work in cells and are required for the structure and function of the body's tissue and organs
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Protein Structure
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Proteins Continued hhumans can only make 10 of the 20 amino acids tthe other 10 amino acids (essential amino acids) must come from what we eat on a daily basis uunlike fat and sugars we can not store amino acids
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Where can we find proteins? We can find proteins in: 1.) hair 2.) finger nails 3.) horns 4.) hoofs
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Examples of Proteins What foods are rich in protein?
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Nucleic Acids found in all of your cells nucleic acids are made up of nucleotides carry genetic information in cells 2 types of nucleic acids 1.) DNA 2.) RNA we will discuss nucleic acids later
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Nucleic Acid Structure DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) – carries genetic information RNA (ribonucleic acid) – makes proteins
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What did you learn? What are the 4 types of organic compounds? 1.) carbohydrates (sugars) 2.) lipids (fats) 3.) proteins 4.) nucleic acids
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What are carbohydrates? mmain source of energy in body ffound in fruits, vegetables and grains aapples, corn, soda pop, potatoes, bread and broccoli
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What are lipids (fats)? store energy in the body used as insulation around organs and tissues 2 types saturated and unsaturated found in fats, steroids and waxes examples, cooking oil, butter, ice cream and chips
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What are proteins? are made from peptide bonds formed from amino acids there are 20 amino acids we make 10 naturally must consume the other 10 by eating poultry, fish, milk beef and nuts
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Nucleic Acids All cells have nucleic acids 2 types are DNA and RNA
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The End You Are What You Eat
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