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Sugars
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Carbohydrates
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Monosaccharide
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Single sugar
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Composed of one oxygen, one carbon and two hydrogen ratio
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Disaccharide
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Two sugars bound together
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Slower burning fuel because there are more bonds to break
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Polysaccharide
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Three or more sugars bound together
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Even slower burning and include things like fibers and non-digestible matter
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Cellulose
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An example of a beneficial polysaccharide that can't be broken down for energy
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Amino acids
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peptides
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Building blocks to proteins
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Proteins?
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Do things (enzymes), provide energy (hard to access but is a long burning fuel), provide structure and elasticity (collagen) Down side?
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Takes a lot of energy to break all bonds to access fuel, and produces NH3 waste product that the body must dispose of
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Lipids
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Fats
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Fat you eat, steroids/hormones, HIGH energy with little work to get at it.
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Lipids are rare
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If you can't get them in the wild, your liver can manufacture them from carbohydrates.
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