Question

Plants are the major source of what biochemical needed in your diet? What specifically is this biochemical used for, and how is it broken down during digestion?

Answer 1

Glucose is the biochemical needed in your diet. Glucose is one of your body's preferred source of fuel in the form of carbohydrates, but it does come along with fat. Glucose comes from fruits, vegetables, bread and dairy. After you swallow the food that you just ate, your body immediately starts working on processing the glucose. Enzymes start the breakdown process with help from the pancreas which is an important way that our body deals with glucose.

Answer 2

Plants are the major sources of carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates are the fuel of the body: they are our main source of energy.

Carbohydrates commonly known as sugars are composed of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen, which is why they are also called carbohydrates.

There are 2 types of carbohydrates: simple carbohydrates (composed of one or two molecules) and complex carbohydrates (compounds of several molecules such as starch).

The use of this biochemical (carbohydrate)

Carbohydrates have an energetic role. Indeed, the main function of carbohydrates is to provide energy. They release 4 kcal / g.

It should also be noted that carbohydrates play a structural role, it is part of the composition of certain proteins and lipids and also DNA.

How is it broken down?

The human body uses carbohydrates in the form of glucose: all the carbohydrates we eat are converted into monosaccharides (by specific and nonspecific enzymes like amylases, and maltases) during digestion to pass into the blood. The assimilated monosaccharides other than glucose are then converted to glucose by the liver.