Human Nutrition - Biology

Biological Molecules

Carbohydrates

• Elements: 

 C - Carbon

 H - Hydrogen

O - Oxygen

• Can be large insoluble molecules (starch), or small, soluble molecules (glucose)
• Glucose is a monomer (single unit, simple sugar)
• Starch is a polymer (made up of monomes linked together)
• Starch is used by plants to store chemical energy
• Animals will use glycogen as a carbohydrate chemical energy store

Proteins

• Elements:

Always present:

C - Carbon

H - Hydrogen

O - Oxygen

Present in some:

N -…