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Macro-nutrients (Food (Nutrients (Essential: (Water (important for life…

- - - - Protiens
      - Fats
      - Carbohydrates
      - Vitamins
      - Minerals
      - Water
        
        important for life therefore a food and a nutrient
- - - - Starch
        
        Amylose 10-20% small, linear with unbranched chains
        
        Amylopectin 80-90% Larger in size highly branched
      - Glycogen
        
        Similar to amylopectin- but shorter and more highly branched
      - Indigestible polysaccharides (Dietary fibres)
        
        Beta Glycosidic bond
        
        Fibres does not raise blood glucose level as it cant be broken down into single sugar units
        
        Insoluble
        
        Cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin
        
        Soluble
        
        Gum, pectin, Mucilage, Hemicellose