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Show Functions of Carrohydratcs TH10 carbohydrates of the food a.e chiefly starch, sugars and celluloses, and form tne largest part of cgctable fooijs. The latter aubst jnces form tho stiff Jramework of th.i fteniH of plants and the hulls of seed-, and st: only partially digested. These carbohydrate carbo-hydrate bodies are not permanently stored in the arlmal bod v. but serve, when burnt Mi the s.ystem, for the production of heat and mechanical work. They are also capable, when consumed Yn excess of Immediate requirements, re-quirements, of conversion Into fat. |