In this assignment I am going to describe the characteristics of nutrients and their benefits to the body.

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In this assignment I am going to describe the characteristics of nutrients and their benefits to the body.

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are one of the main types of food. Your liver breaks down carbohydrates into glucose which the body uses for sugar. Sugars and starch are the main types of carbohydrates; these carbohydrates provide energy for the body

‘Carbohydrates are naturally occurring compounds that consist of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are produced by green plants in the process of undergoing photosynthesis. In simple terms, photosynthesis is the biological conversion of light energy (that is, electromagnetic energy) from the Sun to chemical energy in plants. It is an extremely complex process, and a thorough treatment of it involves a great deal of technical terminology energy for your cells, tissues and organs’(Reference answers).

Monosaccharides

Monosaccharides are the most basic unit of carbohydrates. They are the simplest form of sugar and are usually colourless, water-soluble, crystalline solids. Some monosaccharides have a sweet taste.

Monosaccharides are carbohydrates in the form of simple sugars. 

Monosaccharides are carbohydrates that cannot be hydrolized to obtain smaller molecules of carbohydrate.They are very simular to disaccharides, as they are sweet, water soluble and crystalline. Monosaccharides combine to form more complex sugars

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Disaccharides


Disaccharides are formed by two monosaccharides linked by a glycosidic bond. The sugars are formed when two monosaccharide molecules join together with the removal of one molecule of water.

Polysaccharides

Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates, they are made up of chains of monosaccharides (the sugars) which are linked together by glycosidic bonds, which are formed by the condensation reaction.
Polysaccharides are made up of many monosaccharide molecules (usually glucose), joined together.

Starch non starch polysaccharides

Starch  is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose. Starch is the most important carbohydrate ...

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