ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

CARBOHYDRATES

• are one of the main types of nutrients They are the most important source of energy for your body
• Functions- carbohydrates serve as a source of energy
• Elements are ch2o with a 1,2,1 ratio
• Foods that have carbohydrates- grains, vegetables, and fruit

LIPIDS

• are a group of naturally occurring molecules that include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins
• Lipids store energy, and lipids stores water
• Lipids are solvable in hydrophobic solvents
• Lipids don't have a monomer
• Foods that have lipids butter, oils, pizza

PROTEINS

• Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues
• Functions- enzymes, structural,
• The elements in proteins are COHNS
• Monomer- amino acids
• Foods that include proteins- beef, pork, deer, peanuts

NUCLEIC ACID

• Function- Stores and transports information
• Nucleic acids are biopolymers, or large biomolecules, essential for all known forms of life
• The elements in nucleic acids are h,n,c,o,p
• Nucleic acids are in all foods