Carbohydrates & sugars - biochemistry

What are carbohydrates & sugars? Carbohydrates simple sugars as well as complex carbohydrates and provide us with calories, or energy. Find our full video library only on Osmosis: osms.it/more.
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[@jamz391]

This video explained the topic better than my professor did 😭 THANK YOU

[@jadenjones693]

Same

[@dianlaila2891]

Dear Osmosa, I'm Dian from Indonesia. I teach Biochemistry for Nursing in one university in Indonesia. I used to use your video in my class. It helps very much. But our problem is...that my students hardly understand the videos due to the language gap (we don't know English well). If i dub the explanations of this video into bahasa Indonesia using my voice, will you allow it? Thank you very much :-)

[@dianlaila2891]

@@sameerpahwa4690 😀😀😀

[@veranoraquel]

I feel like it's ok for u to do it

[@newsilverware5299]

A year late to this, but if you want to do it , it's fine as long as you don't claim the video. It might help to unlist it and give a link to your students or leave a link to the original video in the description.

[@agungiwd]

Bagaimana bu?

[@mukhtorjon_pm]

tbh its your own concern.

[@ZininaKate]

Thank you very very much for this video! Helps me a lot to sort out my nutrition lessons, not just from the book.

[@StevePhillips]

Sweet video, brilliant coverage, always did wonder about all these type sugars and what they mean.

[@Fuuntag]

Thanks for taking the time to produce this video. 👏🏻

[@ismailchouaib9706]

Do you guys make any podcast? It would be really useful on my way to school

[@Romulus_Wolf]

Galactose, the well known enemy of the Fantastic Four.

[@thejamesthird]

Also the enemy of my gut

[@9290SC]

lol!! i'm in A&P 2 right now, and when I first saw that word I was like huh???

[@a.c.culture4784]

But a good friend of the wailing Quacky Quadruplets

[@raphaelsanluis9711]

Lol

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Again your team Rockin'...!!!! Simply AMAZING !!! Waiting for your next video about particular disease which is widely affect epidemiologically..!!!

[@masudselimullah7913]

Make more videos about biochemistry.....thnk u for your helping hand.

[@samarshawqi323]

YES PLEEEEASE!!!

[@xpup525]

agreed.

[@gabmoe1240]

You spelled thank wrong ._.

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Gab Moe bruv u don’t need to spell properly it’s abbreviated 🙄🙄

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[@charlesaugis7784]

Good morning! Thank you for your clear video. I have a question, can you please help me out? May we say that fructose is more often stored rather than immediately used by the body because of its difficult/complex metabolizing process? Could this explains why fructose as added sugar overloads the liver and generates fat? Thanks a lot!

[@silinga-nightdreamer-108]

Thanks for the video! I was having a headache dealing with the biomolecules chapter and this just made my work a lot easier! Lots of love!

[@osmosis]

Glad to help! 💖

[@bruna1444]

Amazing explanation! Covering everything in details in a simple way!

[@osmosis]

Thanks, Bruna! We're glad you appreciate our content! 😊

[@NS1Q]

Not everything tbh

[@Gossypol]

Short, detailed, straight to the point. Great resource for a quick review before class. Thankyou :) PS:Please make pharmacology videos.

[@aranimethma6435]

This helped me understand the lesson better ! Thanks a lot for posting !!!

[@lovindc2004]

Excellent Video. Very Informative.

[@James-gv8dr]

Amazing video, could you use SI units in your videos.

[@Trev_Swen]

Well done 👏 I learned a lot watching this video. Do more on other topics like Protein for example

[@shikhachoudhary8391]

Hey bud, thankyou for this beautiful explained video on carbohydrates, I am actually from india and was preparing for med and this rlly helped me in quick revisions, lots and lots of love.

[@osmosis]

Glad to help, Shikha! Best of luck! 🤓🩺 🙌🏼

[@rajeshbakolia]

Best videos for student....best understanding....thanks...

[@hatmoza1]

I recently discovered you and love your videos

[@riverarmenti497]

This was amazing thank you so much!!

[@toni4729]

There's no such thing as a disease of lack of carbohydrates. Give up that junk and you'll be healthier.

[@meris5251]

actually, the "beta" type of glycosidic bonding means that the first monosaccaride in a beta type: this means that the OH group on the carbon that is going to participate to the bonding is up, and not down as in the case of the alfa

[@Myrkonius]

I like how he avoided to say that fructose will actually become fat through De Novo Lipogenesis

[@ApexRevolution]

Look up human do novo lipogenesis and you will see it is one of the bodies least used pathways. There's a paper on it literally called "do novo lipogenesis a least used pathway or something similar to that. Carbs do not easily turn into fat, not in humans at least.

[@freemocean489]

Carbs are mostly turned into fat

[@toni4729]

@@ApexRevolution Sorry I think there's something wrong with our bodies then because we're all getting fat it isn't fat that's causing it. Fat never made anyone fat.

[@thalesnemo2841]

@Toni We can thank the liars of Ancel Keys et al who in the late 1950s started this lie ! Then big Ag and big Pharma got in on the action !

[@toni4729]

@@thalesnemo2841 Quite right!😉👍

[@Gaardofit]

than kyou for helping me understand creatine carbohydrates

[@tanyavijsingh]

OSMOSIS videos are my favourite!!

[@vinodannam9793]

Very nice video, very well explained, thank you very much

[@taylordee313]

Hello, I like how you broke down the woman's diet. How can I do that for myself? Is there a website I can use? Thanks!

[@vinaypawar5428]

Best and outstanding 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 video thanks

[@maahii8335]

Thank u soo much sir it is helpful to me 😊

[@chantalcarnes9241]

Hello, it's a nice a nice video, but I'm just wondering why it's so completely different than the carbs & sugars high yield notes. Is it b/c this is biochemistry? Is there a separate carbs & sugars under GI?

[@monicahernandez9580]

Awesome video! I know this has nothing to do with this video haha But if you coud do some videos about different types of anemia I will really appreciate it! Thanks :)

[@GauravKumar-lv4xu]

Outstanding video 👌

[@thegirlbrian5864]

Extremely informative!! Thank you so much!

[@osmosis]

Welcome! 💕

[@Dron008]

Excellent!

[@bla8803]

THANK YOUUUU. I have exam tomorrow and I didn't know anything till I watched your video. THANKS A LOTTT!!:)

[@osmosis]

Hope your exam went well! 🙏🏼

[@bla8803]

@@osmosis yessss it was perfect. Thank you againnnn:)))

[@ugwuokechinedu8393]

Thank you sir 😀 And God bless you

[@Hetubanna]

5:50 Lactose Structure, its Beta 1-4 linkage of Beta Galactose and Beta Glucose. But you’ve shown Alpha Glucose, please correct.

[@natnaelbisrat9071]

wonderful teaching.... tnx

[@thomaslapsley8145]

If Honey has the percentage 50% Fructose and 44% Glucose what is the reason that the sugars don't form a glycosidic bond to form combine to form Sucrose, Table sugar. I've heard that alpha bonds break down easily but beta bonds do not break down in the body. Seems energy is still required to break the alpha bond of sucrose. Is honey healthier than table sugar if the glycosidic bond is not there ? It seems like it's easier to process and absorb? What's the reason fruits are healthier?

[@freemocean489]

Fruits are not healthy at all, fructose is stored in the liver to get out of the blood because it bonds with proteins.

[@jyostnakumar8532]

Thank u 🙂very handy for my tomorrow test 🥰wish me luck guys.

[@osmosis]

Good luck! 😊

[@MobileGameAdGuy]

this helped me with biology alot thanks!

[@osmosis]

Glad it helped, James! 😊

[@feizalmoolla1946]

definitely liked.will revisit when ready to digest

[@osmosis]

Thanks, Feizal! 😊

[@sonalbandna5502]

Make more videos of biochemistry sir 😊

[@nimalanvishnu7699]

thank you..... its really help for me

[@skinkarekellie2549]

I like how he called it "bulk matter"

[@Remi10pm]

Lol oh yu nasty huh xD

[@toni4729]

I call it a traffic jam'

[@DorkaBeriTutorials]

clear & very useful 👍

[@Ayan-bb2rh]

Nice work dude

[@SonicandDucktalesProductions]

Learned more from this than school

[@ghalibhassan7047]

It helped a great deal. Thanks!

[@osmosis]

Glad to be of help, Ghalib! 😊

[@editingwithjacob9260]

Fantastic animation and voice👏

[@JamaaleAli]

Very good, informative and organized. Good Recape

[@osmosis]

Thank you! 🥰

[@lynnlobliner3933]

It would have been interesting to see how High Fructose Corn Syrup figures into this. I've heard that the body does NOT recognize it correctly and that the pancreas does not know to make insulin to break it down.

[@ordinalkirk]

Everything I have read on the subject can be summed up as “a carb is a carb.” It does seem that people that eat a lot of fruit have very high triglycerides so maybe there is something to fructose versus other sugars.

[@heiitsme182]

When I study biochemistry, usually I read random books with the same content first. Then I came here to watch and trying to remember 😁

[@osmosis]

Glad to help in your studies! 😊

[@nuraswiza1547]

what apps u use to make this video ?

[@falkreneskamiera8319]

if sugars get broken down into their individual components, then why does the body sometimes prefer sweet things, and after having eaten lots of them, will start making you find them disgusting for a while what is the reason behind this?

[@akimosmystery5027]

Thanks.... simply explained...

[@toni4729]

The chemistry half was great but the nutrician part was totally out of whack. We require none of it.

[@xdanic3]

7:38 I think your galactose isn't drawn well, one of the OH groups next to the oxygen is drawn down while it should be up

[@thychenghouy]

Which sugar are so sweet and not sweet on mono and disaccharide?

[@16_dr_muhammadsidiq33]

hmm thanks a lot, but maybe you will be better if you add some source (Journal, literature) of this video and others.

[@ELACAnatomyHelp]

Have you ever seen references in any of the videos published?

[@eliebordron5599]

Very nice! Interesting

[@sarathmohan291]

Excellent video

[@anandjain3107]

Very good information❤❤❤.Best wishes to you ❤.

[@osmosis]

Thank you, Anand! You too! 💕

[@chemistrywithimtiazmari1726]

Excellent sir

[@loveinchrist6115]

Reading a book about biochemistry and I'm in the carbohydrates and lipids chapter. I finished a book in a different subject and homeopathy is a children course compared to biochemistry learning . I love biochemistry I could dance CH2 OH all the way.....

[@olaajawad3968]

Thank you 💚💚

[@kavyakapoor2054]

Can you please help me? On products it is labeled carbohydrates, total sugar and added sugar... Aren't carbohydrates sugar? And doesn't starch considered in sugar? As it is a polysaccaride? Please clear my confusion...

[@smushparker3092]

I wish there was a video when I was studying biochemistry few years ago.

[@smushparker3092]

@@harrisbroddle9553 I did pass the subject but it was a subpar job lmao

[@harrisbroddle9553]

Smush Parker I don’t understand anything about carbs or liposomething or proteins

[@jadenjones693]

@@smushparker3092 🤣🤣

[@jadenjones693]

@@harrisbroddle9553 same

[@kycelberjamin808]

THANK YOU HELP ME GRADUATE! I'm in my first year !

[@newsilverware5299]

Thank you!

[@supertechwithmukesh3707]

One question , that can we also say disaccharide as bisaccharide

[@azeemnawaz5531]

Carbohydrates,great chapter

[@joanne7699]

Hi could I ask if carbohydrate derivatives are considered carbohydrate?

[@osmosis]

Hi there, please feel free to reach out to [e-mail] so we can better address your question. :) Thank you!

[@jsabz3]

great vid

[@shonalichoudhury1308]

Nicely explained

[@allampatisubbaratnamma6836]

I love that cute colors like handwritten notes

[@montahaalshareef6733]

Thank you

[@michaelsrowland]

So glucose converts into pyruvate which then enters the krebs cycle to generate atp??? If so then the body doesn't use glucose directly

[@user-db3zv2de4q]

Thanks bro😎

[@ponugotimanojkumar]

This is awesome😍

[@hafsaberahma4458]

thank you

[@abdelaali1983]

Well done. Thanks

[@osmosis]

Thank you too! 🥰

[@dalalhabib6340]

Wonderful.. wonderful.. wonderful 🔥🔥🔥

[@osmosis]

Thank you, Dalal! Cheers! 💖

[@mariociencia12]

There is a critical error in sucrose, preciselly in 5:50. The glicosidic bond is Glc alfa 1 + Fru beta 2. The Fru represented is upside down and inverted horizontally. It is a trick that leads to mistakes because of old biochemistry books. The correct representation is made by putting glucose up and fructose down, the first precisely over the second. Unfortunately, here is not the first place that this error has occurred. It would be better if sucrose were better represented in biochemistry books more worried with didactics than beauty

[@osmosis]

Hi Mario! Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Our team will be reviewing the info you provided. 🙏🏼

[@biology.notes224]

Veryyyy informative

[@marc_achraf]

Very good vedio thx for this effort 👌

[@osmosis]

Our pleasure, Marc! 🥰

[@aayushphadte]

*_CLEAN_*

[@f.k.6151]

Excellent; thank you.

[@osmosis]

You are welcome! 💕

[@mohammadafrouziyeh5677]

Thanks for the great videos. May I ask what software you're using to sketch the biochemistry paths in your videos? Thank you very much!

[@osmosis]

Hi Mohammad, thanks for asking! Here’s how Osmosis videos are made: www.osmosis.org/blog/2020/11/27/how-osmosis-videos-are-made# 👍🏼

[@hettykhan1768]

Greeting which writing are you using in videos please share the name

[@osmosis]

Hi Hetty! You may get in touch with our team at [e-mail] and they'll be glad to help you on this. 💖

[@keziahkayemanog558]

Thank youu😘😘

[@tayloraltidor1242]

Here I am a year later wondering if you have this as a pdf.

[@lilywarren1035]

lol same

[@user-wj5nz6rl9k]

Thank you so very much!👍😘🧠

[@osmosis]

Any time! 🙌🏼

[@ryanfrizzell736]

Bless these carbohydrates and sugars so that I can afford them and so that they are healthy for my body and my mind and strengthen my musculature.

[@user-dw4rw8qi8y]

Thank you make more videos

[@shaymaamahmod3069]

Thanx 🌸

[@ahmadalbassal4179]

Thanks

[@sum1111]

Hydrocele lecture please

[@Jesuslovesyou326]

Love the art! :)

[@osmosis]

Thank you, Hannah! 😄

[@Jesuslovesyou326]

@@osmosis :)

[@scasny]

By the dietary guidelines it suggest of sugar(carbohydrates) intake is equivalent of eating like half a kilo of sugar a day. Let that sink in.

[@Meheeek]

ur amazing