Organic Compounds

Author’s note: This is a research essay that is writing on the topic organic compounds for science, which is also for language arts. 

Have you ever wondered why you don’t feel the greatest sometimes, this could be because you are not eating enough or too much of the five organic compounds.  Your body needs five organic compounds to work properly.  These five compounds are fats/oils, carbohydrates, protein, enzymes and nucleic acid.  Without just these five compounds your body will not work right.  But giving your body too much or not enough of these compounds will also not make it work correctly.  These organic compounds are important in many ways, and it is necessary to eat enough of them.  Organic compounds give you many things, but if you eat too much of them then you may have a high risk of getting a stroke or cancer and other things around those lines.   

First off, the organic compounds give you many things.  Eating fats and oils is very important because they give you the “Fats that are needed to carry and store essential fat and vitamins for example vitamins A and D” (Ltd.).  Also digesting carbohydrates gives you energy (Mr Richomnd's Food Technology on the web).  Your body uses protein in your diet to build new cells, maintain tissues, and synthesize new protein that makes it possible for you to perform basic bodily functions (Mr Richomnd's Food Technology on the web).  Also, enzymes are a source of energy that if not used for activities will turn the protein into fat (What are Enzymes and Why We Need Them).  Nucleic acids are very important because this is what makes you unique.  

Unfortunately, if you have too much or not enough of one of these five organic compound then you are at a higher risk of getting cancer or something around that line.  “Eating too much fat may also increase the risk of getting diseases like cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure or stroke” (Ltd.).  Eating too many carbohydrates is not bad for you it just makes you gain weight (What can happen if you eat too many carbohydrates?).  Many people in other countries and our own say that there is no such thing as to much protein.  If you eat to hot of foods the enzymes will stop working and are then useless to the body (Enzymes ).  When you eat too much nucleic acid, your body creates too much uric acid, leading to gout, a disease of the joints (Redzic).        

Although getting the right amount of each organic compound is important they have a very important purpose.  Fat is a nutrient that is an important source of calories (Ltd.).  Carbohydrates do not just produce energy it also protects your muscles (Diet & Nutrition Glossary).  If the protein you have in your body is not used for activites the protein will be turned into fat (Mr Richomnd's Food Technology on the web).  Enzymes can build structures inside the body, can help provide the body with energy or can break down structures or molecules in various places in your body (What are Enzymes and Why We Need Them).  A nucleic acid gives you your outer features. 

        

Organic compounds are very necessary to have in your diet, but getting the right amount is key.  Although they can cause cancer and other awful things from getting the wrong amount, they are still something you need to have.       

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