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Madame Emerald had a problem. She was a 

nutrient moving into the health neighborhood, 

but she had amnesia and could not remember 

who she was. She had no idea what kind of 

nutrient she was! Was she a protein? A 

vitamin? It was all so confusing! She decided 

to ask a friendly tour guide for help.

"Welcome to the Health Neighborhood! I'm a 

carbohydrate, but you can call me Sir Carb. Here in 

the Health Neighborhood, we're very diverse. We have 

all sorts of nutrients here! What kind of Nutrient are 

you?" asked the smiling carbohydrate.

"My name is Madame Emerald! I am very excited to 

move into the Health Neighborhood, but I'm afraid 

that I have no idea where I fit in! Will you help me 

discover what kind of nutrient I am?" begged Madame 

Emerald.

"Of course I will!" answered Sir Carb. "Let's visit the 

vitamins first!"

Madame Emerald and Sir Carb walked toward the 

row of houses.

"Here in the milk, bread, apple, and carrot houses 

are where the vitamins live. Vitamins are very 

important to our person.They help him have 

chemical reactions in his body. There are different 

types of vitamins like vitamin A, B,C, D, and more! 

Some of our vitamins are organic, meaning they 

contain carbon, and some aren't," Sir Carb told 

Madame Emerald. 

"I don't think I'm a vitamin," she replied sadly.

"Carbohydrates also live with the vitamins in the bread, 

apple, and carrot!" Sir Carb told Madame Emerald. "Us 

carbs store energy in our person's body and help him do 

the things he needs to do everyday! We are classified as 

simple and complex, and release about 4 calories of 

energy per gram. We are organic because we contain 

carbon. Do you see those blocks over there? They are 

starch, cellulose, and glycogen. They are the types of 

building blocks we are made up of." "Hmm," said 

Madame Emerald, "doesn't sound like me."

A happy baby nutrient bounded out of the bread house. 

"This is my daughter Carbiola," Sir Carb told her. "She is 

a complex carbohydrate. They are things like vegetables 

and starches. I, however, am a simple carbohydrate. 

Simple carbohydrates are found in glucose and fruits."

"We live in the bread house!" Carbiola told Madame 

Emerald happily. Madame Emerald sighed. How she 

wished she could fit in!

Carbiola ran back into the house and Sir Carb and 

Madame Emerald continued on their tour of the Health 

Neighborhood. "Here in the nuts, meats, and beans is 

where the proteins live!" Sir Carb showed Madame 

Emerald. "Proteins not only store energy, but also help 

our person complete life giving functions! Proteins are 

organic and release 4 calories per gram and use amino 

acids for the building blocks of their houses. Oh look, 

here comes Enzyme! He helps speed up chemical 

reactions in living things. He's made up of 

amino acids!"

"Definitely not me," decided

 Madame Emerald.

The two nutrients continued on their journey. 

"The lipids live here beside our most important 

nutrient-water!" Sir Carb explained."About 

60% of our person is water! Water helps carry 

nutrients and waste products, maintains body 

temperature, and helps with digestion! Water 

is one of our only inorganic nutrients." "I see," 

said Madame Emerald. "I don't think I could 

ever do all that!" "Hmm- maybe not," agreed 

Sir Carb.

"Here are the lipids-saturated and unsaturated 

fats," said Sir Carb. "The unsaturated fats are 

liquid, like this olive oil, and the saturated fats are 

solids, like these french fries. Lipids help store 

large amounts of energy in our person's body," he 

continued. "They release about 9 calories of energy 

per gram. Because they contain carbon, they are 

organic. They built their houses out of building 

blocks called fatty acids."

"I am not fat!" said Madame Emerald decisively. 

"Alright then, onward to the minerals!" replied Sir 

Carb.

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