Carbohydrate

TOPIC CHOICE (PARAGRAPH 1): -Throughout the last couple of years there have been more and more sugary sweets that are becoming increasingly accessible to anyone at a lower price than fruits and veggies. It is just too easy to get the daily recommended dose of sugar in a single dessert. To make it worse, nowadays you can see different forms of sugar circulating social media, edging people to either make or get some so they can take a picture and post it. This topic is interesting to me because i…

Sugar Is Lethal It is the twenty first century, and the world runs on a sweet, addictive substance that can end one’s life: sugar. Ironically, as I am typing this essay, I am slurping on a McDonald’s milkshake. The point is that I am very aware of the quantity of sugars the milkshake contains, but that didn’t stop me. Furthermore, the problem in society is that it is challenging to stop, but it is necessary to make a change. The article, “The Toxic Truth about Sugar” by Robert Lustig, a…

Evaluating the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and the foods that make up each category, I am carefully reconsidering everything that I eat on a daily basis. Although my diet has consisted mainly of chicken, tuna, salads, fresh vegetables, fruits, and water to drink, I now realize there are more areas that I need to re-evaluate. Monitoring the seasonings and the amount that I use when I cook is one of those areas that will need adjustment. Becoming more conscious of the recommended amounts of sodium,…

I expected that pepsin will destroy the structure of gelatin protein, because the pepsin broke down the primary structure of the gelatin polypeptide into amino acid monomers. The hydrochloric acid (HCL) expected to affect the ability of amylase to digest starch, because as it is an acid it effects on the protein that makes it unraveled as it breaks down the secondary structure which it contains hydrogen bonds. As I have done to experiment one titled Digestion of Proteins by Pepsin. The result…

Feeling hungry? How about a classic that is sure to conquer your hunger? I’m talking about a good old peanut butter and jelly! It’s simple to make and you’ll only need a few things to get the job task done. You’ll need a paper plate, butter knife, peanut butter, jelly, and two slices of bread. You’ll need to open the bread of your choice and place two slices on your paper plate. I like the Nickels white bread, I think it’s the softest and freshest for the price. You’ll then need to get your…

French fries, Hash browns, Vodka, these are just some of the fantastic uses for potatoes. The Potato is a fantastic starch and a very versatile vegetable. Where did they come from? Where are they Grown? How do we store and eat them? These are just some topics I will be discussing in this paper. Staring with the history we will find where and when the first potatoes had been farmed and cultivated. The history of the potato begins in the high Andes Mountains of South America at elevations often…

The purpose of the Benedict’s test was to identify if the food samples and unknowns contained simple sugars. In the sugar, is a ketone or an aldehyde which will reduce copper (II) ions to copper (I) ions (Areda, 2017). This must be done by heating the food sample and Benedict’s solution. The copper will be oxidized resulting in a brown-orange color (Areda, 2017). Thus, if a sample is positive for simple sugars the color will change from a light blue to colors of green, yellow, orange, brown or…

I tried to do most of this project with food I had already in my house because I had just went to the store the day I read the prompt for this project. This proved to be more challenging than I expected. As soon as I read this prompt I went to super tracker and started plugging in meals I could make that I thought would be able to fit the prompt. I had no idea what some of the things I eat regularly had with regards to sodium. A simple meal I would typically have for lunch had way too many…

I blame Jamba Juice. And McDonalds. And any other fast-food chain restaurant that offers treacly sweet smoothies touting them as a healthy alternative to coffee and sodas. The truth is, these smoothies offer not much in the way of a healthy drink and a lot in the way of unnecessary fructose. Let’s take a look at exactly what’s in a McDonald’s ‘real’ fruit smoothie: Strawberry Banana Fruit Blend Strawberry puree, banana puree, water, sugar, concentrated apple juice, contains less than 1% of the…

The purpose of this experiment is to detect the presence of saccharides in different samples through the use of Benedicts reagent and Lugol’s solution. Monosaccharides have a double bonded oxygen atom that forms in one of its two possible chemical groups known as ketone or aldehyde. Disaccharides are two monosaccharides joined together by a glycosidic bond. The Benedicts reagent reacts with the double bonded oxygen atom in monosaccharides by reducing the copper sulfate found in the reagent.…