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We classify foods into three groups based on their chemicalcompositions: Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats. The digestive andabsorptive process differs among these groups due to their chemicalstructures.

For each of these macromolecules:

1) Come up with an example of each -- what's your representativefood item of carbohydrate, protein, and fat.

2) Identify their chemical structures for monomer unit, and themacromolecule polymer.  

3) Determine the digestive reaction that splits themacromolecule into monomers: starch into glucose units; proteinsinto amino acids; and TAGs into free fatty-acids.

4) identify the digestive enzyme that catalyzes each of thesereactions.

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