Hello friends in this article you are going to read about nutrition in our food.
So in previous part we read about ingredients, nutrients, types of nutrition, proteins and test of proteins in this article you are going to read about carbohydrates and fats. So lets start and if you have not read the previous part then read them first.
Carbohydrates- Carbohydrates are energy giving food. They give energy to our body. The carbohydrates in our food is mainly starch and sugar and like proteins we can easily test is there carbohydrates in something.
Test for Starch-
We need dilute iodine solution for this test. You can make a dilute iodine solution by adding few drops of tincture iodine to water. Now take the food item you want to test, and add 2-3 dilute iodine solution. If a blue-black colour appears then the food contains starch.
Fats- Fats are energy giving food and this gives us more energy than carbohydrates. It is very essential for our body. But like other tests in which we need chemical it doesn't need anything like that. Only a paper.
Test for fat
We just need a piece of paper and the thing you want to test now take a small piece of that material. Now keep it on the paper and crush the paper on it tightly. After some time if there is oil on the paper than the food item has fat.
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So in previous part we read about ingredients, nutrients, types of nutrition, proteins and test of proteins in this article you are going to read about carbohydrates and fats. So lets start and if you have not read the previous part then read them first.
Carbohydrates- Carbohydrates are energy giving food. They give energy to our body. The carbohydrates in our food is mainly starch and sugar and like proteins we can easily test is there carbohydrates in something.
Test for Starch-
We need dilute iodine solution for this test. You can make a dilute iodine solution by adding few drops of tincture iodine to water. Now take the food item you want to test, and add 2-3 dilute iodine solution. If a blue-black colour appears then the food contains starch.
Fats- Fats are energy giving food and this gives us more energy than carbohydrates. It is very essential for our body. But like other tests in which we need chemical it doesn't need anything like that. Only a paper.
Test for fat
We just need a piece of paper and the thing you want to test now take a small piece of that material. Now keep it on the paper and crush the paper on it tightly. After some time if there is oil on the paper than the food item has fat.
Thanks for reading share this article with your friends and family. Kindly subscribe this blog for more such informative articles.
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