Carbohydrates & Fats

The body’s main source of energy 

• Monosaccharide

• Sugar

• Carbohydrates

• Fats

Unhealthy fats that form when vegetable oil goes through a process called hydrogenation

• Saturated Fats

• Trans Fats

• Fatty Acids

• Cholesterol

Sugar that is extracted from plants and used to sweeten foods

• Glucose

• Carbohydrates

• Fiber

• Added Sugar

A plant material that cannot be digested

• Starch

• Carbohydrates

• Fiber

• Fats

A sugar with a single chemical unit

• Monosaccharide

• Disaccharide

• Polysaccharide

• Complex Carbohydrate

 A sugar made of several monosaccharides

• Monosaccharide

• Disaccharide

• Polysaccharide

• Sugar

A carbohydrate with a more complex chemical structure than a sugar

• Fiber

• Starch

• Simple Carbohydrate

• Added Sugar

A sugar made of two monosaccharides; a combination of glucose and another sugar

• Monosaccharide

• Disaccharide

• Polysaccharide

• Complex Carbohydrate

A waxy fat like substance in cells that is needed for many body processes

• Fatty Acid

• Saturated Fat

• Trans Fat

• Cholesterol

The basic building blocks of fat

• Monosaccharides

• Fatty Acids

• Adipose Tissue

• Cholesterol