Food

Food provides energy to the body's functions. The primary constituents of food are fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. Food is composed of molecules. Food molecules of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates are larger and more complex than simple molecules.

What is food?

Food provides the body with the energy it needs to function. The primary constituents of food are fats, proteins, and carbohydrates.

 

Food is made of molecules. Molecules themselves are composed of atoms. For example, carbon dioxide is composed of carbon and oxygen. Likewise, water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen. Similarly, food molecules, namely molecules of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, also contain atoms such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, etc.

 

Food molecules, namely molecules of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, are much larger and more complex than simple molecules of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water. A unique characteristic is that the molecules of food, fats, and sugars tend to form large networks or agglomerated structures that make up the structure of the food.