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Proteins are broken down into amino acids, carbohydrates are broken down into sugars and fats are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol.
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How are fats proteins and carbohydrates broken down?
by enzymes
What type of organic compounds are broken down in cellular respiration?
carbohydrates, fats and proteins
What are nutritions found in carbohydrates in the body?
Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are digested in the intestine, where they are broken down into their basic units.Carbohydrates into sugars,Proteins into amino acids,Fats into fatty acids and glycerol
What are the 4 main nutrients?
There are commonly know to be only 3 main nutrients which are carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids (fats). Lipids are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol. Proteins are broken down into amino acids, and carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars like glucose.
What is 3 things food is used for in your body after it is broken down?
1. Fats 2. Carbohydrates 3. Proteins
What are carbohydrates fats and proteins broken down to in the small intestine?
Carbohydrates and fats are broken down in the digestive tract into the simple sugars, glucose, fructose, and galactose. The latter two can be converted by the body into glucose, which is distributed throughout the body via the bloodstream and is broken down into Carbon Dioxide and water in the mitochondria of cells. Proteins are broken down into their constituent amino acids, which are used to assemble new proteins throughout the body.
Ranking of fuel values of fats proteins carbohydrates?
fats > proteins = carbohydrates
What is digestion in simple words?
Digestion in humans is the process by which nutrients such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in the food consumed are broken down to its respective components.
What are three nutrients broken down during human digestion?
Fats, proteins and starches are broken down.Starch is broken down by amalyase in the mouth and duodenumProteins are converted to polypeptides by pepsinLipase hydolises fats to glycerol and fatty acidsTrypsin digests proteins to peptideschymotrypsin digests proteins to peptidesPeptidase hydolises polypeptides to peptides and amino acidsnucleotidases hydrolise nucleic acidsnucleaase digests DNA and RNAsucrase breaks down sucrosemaltase breaks down maltoselactase breaks down lactose
What is the collective name for fats proteins and carbohydrates?
The collective name for fats, proteins, and carbohydrates is obesity.
What happens to the food we eat in the stomach and digestive system?
The proteins are broken down to amino acids and get absorbed. Carbohydrates are broken down to glucose (and fructose) and are absorbed. Fats are broken down to fatty acids and glycerol and absorbed. Minerals and vitamins are absorbed as such.
What are the major types if nutrients are there?
1. Carbohydrates 2. Proteins 3. Fats
