What is a Carbohydrate?
A carbohydrate is a compound made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Carbohydrates are usually classified as simple or complex sugar and tend to come from plants. Simple sugars are monosaccharides and complex are disaccharides and polysaccharides.Monosaccharides are single molecule sugars. Examples of monosaccharides are fructose, glucose, and galactose. Polysaccharides are when more then 2 monosaccharides are joined together. Some examples of polysaccharides are amylose and starch. Disaccharides are two monosaccharides chemically joined by glycosidic linkage to form a double sugar. Two examples of disaccharides would be sucrose and lactose. Sucrose is fructose and glucose, and lactose is galactose and glucose combined.
Carbohydrate Lab:
With every result, almost all foods reacting the same way as the others (usually only one changed a completely different color). It was very interesting to see the complete change in color. One sample would turn orange or red, and the one other sample would change totally blue. It was very cool.
I did not know what to expect, as I had never done anything like this before, so I was not surprised or expecting of some foods reacting differently than others in this lab.
Reflection on Carbohydrates:
I learned that when consuming too many carbs, and after not burning all of the carbs you consumed, it will turn into fat. Since the beginning of this project, I think more about how many carbs I am taking in, and how I can cut back on "carb-loaded" foods, such as breads and bagels. Because of this, it is a very important and crucial take-away from this unit on carbs, because breads and food containing bread are really my favorite thing to eat.
A carbohydrate is a compound made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Carbohydrates are usually classified as simple or complex sugar and tend to come from plants. Simple sugars are monosaccharides and complex are disaccharides and polysaccharides.Monosaccharides are single molecule sugars. Examples of monosaccharides are fructose, glucose, and galactose. Polysaccharides are when more then 2 monosaccharides are joined together. Some examples of polysaccharides are amylose and starch. Disaccharides are two monosaccharides chemically joined by glycosidic linkage to form a double sugar. Two examples of disaccharides would be sucrose and lactose. Sucrose is fructose and glucose, and lactose is galactose and glucose combined.
Carbohydrate Lab:
With every result, almost all foods reacting the same way as the others (usually only one changed a completely different color). It was very interesting to see the complete change in color. One sample would turn orange or red, and the one other sample would change totally blue. It was very cool.
I did not know what to expect, as I had never done anything like this before, so I was not surprised or expecting of some foods reacting differently than others in this lab.
Reflection on Carbohydrates:
I learned that when consuming too many carbs, and after not burning all of the carbs you consumed, it will turn into fat. Since the beginning of this project, I think more about how many carbs I am taking in, and how I can cut back on "carb-loaded" foods, such as breads and bagels. Because of this, it is a very important and crucial take-away from this unit on carbs, because breads and food containing bread are really my favorite thing to eat.