Carbohydrates+-+Food+Pyramid

Carbohydrates are the 2nd level of the "food pyramid". The base unit of carbohydrates is glucose which is contains six atoms of carbon, twelve atoms of hydrogen and six atoms of oxygen (C 6 H 12 O 6 ). The Carbohydrates are organic compound which come fromnimal and plants.
 * __What are Carbohydrates? __**

**__Why are carbohydrates important? __** The carbohydrates provide energy to the body; all the creatures in this planet earth make energy from decomposition of glucose. All the creatures need energy to live and do the life actions. In addition, the carbohydrate located on the cell membrane and it protects the cells from infections and it helps to the immune system to identify viruses.

**__Where can we find Carbohydrates? __** Carbohydrates consist of simple and complexity carbohydrates.  Some examples of **complexity carbohydrates**: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Potato, bread, pasta, pita bread, rice, flour, Humus and more...  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some examples of **simple carbohydrates**: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Sugar, candies and all sugar products.

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 * Wrote by: Omer Movshovitz, Tamir wolf, Jessy Zinger, Gital Rokah** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">©