Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Chemical Ingredients On Food



What is moves our body? So that we are able to move? Certain of energy that move our body, where we get the energy? Sure of the content of the food which we eat, every living thing needs food to support the various activities of life, some other functions are important food as nutrition for growth, as an energy source in a variety of activities, to replace cells demaged or dead, and also to defend the body from a variety of things, the food that we eat every day, should be good food, good food is food that meets the conditions to eat, besides of four health, five perfect, the food that we eat every day should be clean and hygienic, nutrition, easily digested by digestions, and contain enough vitamins and minerals.

Based on the chemical composition that contained in the food, food subtances consisting of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water. Carbohydrates are molecules made up of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The functions of carbohydrates are for energy source or calories for bodies, regulate metabolic processes, maintain the balance of acids and bases, as well as precursor cells, tissues, and organs. Protein composed of polymers of amino acids, the amino acids are in need most can be made in the body, or in the call with the amino acid non essential, such as alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glycine, and others. Serves to growth of protein, fat is an organic compound that composed of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Sometimes composed of pospor and nitrogen. The functions of fat is to larges energy source, keep the bodies temperature, and the building blocks of cell membranes, and keep not easy to hungry, vitamins are subtances in food that is absolutely needed by the body. The functions of vitamins are for coenzyme in the metabolism, growth, and regulation of body function, minertal serves to build cells, while water is the most important component in the survival of living things, water serves to solvents, and to maintain the stability of body temperature.