Simple carbohydrates
Carbohydrates
The building block of a carbohydrate is mono saccharides.
sugar molecules :)
complex carbohydrates are made of hundreds of sugar molecules. Carbohydrates are compounds made of sugar.
A carbohydrate is a molecule made of one or more sugar molecules. It includes simple sugars such as glucose and fructose, as well as complex carbohydrates like starch and cellulose. Carbohydrates serve as a primary source of energy in living organisms.
Carbohydrates
A monosaccharide is a single sugar molecule made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. It is the simplest form of carbohydrate and cannot be broken down into smaller sugar molecules. Examples of monosaccharides include glucose, fructose, and galactose.
sugar
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates.
Simple carbohydrates include sugars like glucose, fructose, and sucrose, as well as foods made from refined grains like white bread, pasta, and rice. These carbohydrates are quickly digested and can cause a rapid increase in blood sugar levels.
Table sugar is a carbohydrate. It is made up of sucrose molecules. Carbohydrates do not break down table sugar, which is itself a carbohydrate. Table sugar is sucrose, a type of carbohydrate called a disaccharide, and is composed of one molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose chemically combined to one another. Enzymes break down carbohydrates. In the case of sucrose, the enzyme sucrase, in conjunction with the enzyme α-dextrinase, breaks sucrose down into the individual molecules of glucose and fructose, which can then be used by cells in cellular respiration.