Carbohydrates

• Carbs have 6 carbons.
• Carbon chain with Hydrogen and Hydroxide
• Dissolves well in water because of the slightly positive hydrogen and the slightly negative OH

So, if you see a hexagon carbon ring, you are probably looking at a carbohydrate

You could take many "simple sugars" (glucose, for instance) and chain them to build wonderfully complicated things (fiber!). To see how that happens: KBhBIO101StructuresofCarbs

• Mitocondria
  • Actually not strictly part of a cell!
  • Another organism (technically an organelle)
    • Could move
    • Could replicate
  • Breaks down stored carbs (glycogen) into glucose and then eventually smaller elements
• Cell tagging
  • As an authentication systems

• Fructose worse? Better? No difference?
• Experiments differ
  • Generally found no differences
  • Some found fructose to be a bit more obesity causing