Carbohydrates are organic compounds made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in a 2:1 hydrogen to oxygen ratio. They provide the body's main source of fuel and energy for physical activity, brain function, and organ operation. Carbohydrates are classified as simple or complex, with simple carbohydrates like monosaccharides being the basic unit and complex carbohydrates like polysaccharides consisting of multiple sugar molecules bonded together. The main carbohydrates include glucose, fructose, lactose, sucrose, starch, cellulose, and glycogen.

2. Carbohydrates are organic
compound consisting of carbon,
hydrogen, and oxygen where the
proportion of hydrogen atoms to
oxygen atom is two to one.

3.  The role of carbohydrate is to provide energy,
as they are the body’s main source of fuel,
needed for physical activity, brain function and
operation of the organs. All the cell and
tissues in your body need carbs,and they are
also important to internal health and waste
elimination.

4.  Simple Carbohydrates
– consist of monosaccharide, the most
basic unit of carbohydrate.
 Complex Carbohydrates
– consist of polysaccharides.

7.  Monosaccharide's – are the building
blocks of more complex forms of sugars.
 Glucose (dextrose)
– carbohydrate form used by the body,
referred to as “blood sugar”

8.  Galactose
 – combines with glucose to form lactose,
“milk sugar”
 Fructose
 - sweetest of the sugars
 - occurs naturally in fruits & honey, “fruit
sugar”
 - combines with glucose to form sucrose

9.  Disaccharides – when two monosaccharide
molecules bond together.
 sucrose
 lactose
 maltose

10.  Polysaccharides – consist of a number of
sugar molecules bounded together.
 starch
 cellulose
 glycogen