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Molecules and Energy Sysytems.
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Nick Bayford AVCE SPORTS SCIENCE Molecules and Energy Sysytems The human body is very complex and for it to work properly many different nutrients are needed. Some of the nutrients are very basic and are only needed to give the body energy, but there are also nutrients that are needed so that reactions can take place in our bodies allowing them to function properly. Carbo-hydrates The main job of carbo-hydrates is to provide energy for cellular work. CHO also helps to process other nutrients. The most common form of CHO is glucose and an example of a glucose molecule is a monosaccharide ( a simple molecule which is small and travels easily through the blood system.) Monosaccharides can evolved by joinin together this process is known as polymerisation they form a disaccharide. When two monosaccharides join together (polymerisation) they form a disaccharide, a larger molecule which unlike a monosaccharide cannot be transported as easily and cannot...
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