{"id":67872,"date":"2022-06-04T15:15:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T19:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=67872"},"modified":"2022-06-11T08:06:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T12:06:01","slug":"what-are-the-three-macronutrients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-are-the-three-macronutrients\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Three Macronutrients Your Body Needs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the three macronutrients? What is the function of each?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building blocks of the food you eat are called macronutrients (macro- meaning \u201clarge\u201d) because your body needs them in large quantities. Macronutrients fuel your body with energy and build important structures such as hormones, muscles, and DNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for a better understanding of the three macronutrients&#8217; roles in your health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The 3 Macronutrients<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the three macronutrients?<strong> They are carbohydrates, fat, and protein (amino acids). <\/strong>Your gut\u2019s job is to break your food down into these tiny molecular components. Then it absorbs those molecules into the bloodstream and uses them to fuel your cells and store energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s explore each macronutrient in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macronutrient #1: Carbohydrates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Enders, the first macronutrient is <strong>carbohydrates, which primarily serve as our short-term energy supply<\/strong>. They also form important structures in our body: This includes the molecules ribose and deoxyribose, which are the building blocks of RNA and DNA, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a molecular level, Enders explains, carbohydrates consist of sugar molecule chains. Longer chains are harder for our body to break down and absorb into the bloodstream, whereas shorter chains are easier to digest and give us quick energy. Our gut prefers quick energy because digesting it saves time. This is why we crave carbs with short molecular chains, like sugary foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, flooding the gut with quick energy has negative side effects. According to Enders, consuming too much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/refined-foods\/\">refined sugar<\/a> can cause us to gain weight because our bodies store this sugar as fatty tissue. The gut also has to work harder to stabilize itself after digesting refined sugar by producing hormones such as insulin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Enders explains, eating carbohydrates<em> <\/em>with long sugar molecule chains (like brown rice, black beans, and vegetables) forces our gut to slow down, preventing spikes in blood sugar and creating healthy, short-term energy stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macronutrient #2: Fat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Enders notes that our culture often portrays fat as something to avoid at all costs. But while too much fat can be detrimental to our health, we also need certain types of fat to function. Fat primarily serves as our <strong>long-term energy supply<\/strong>. It\u2019s particularly suited to this job because it can store over twice the amount of energy as proteins and carbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Enders, fat also coats our nerves. (Shortform note: The fat-based substance that coats our nerves is called <em>myelin<\/em>. Without myelin to lubricate and protect them, our nerves couldn\u2019t properly communicate with our brain and each other, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/myelin-sheath-4129059\">leading to problems such as muscle spasms, severe pain, and vision impairment.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-macronutrient-3-proteins-amino-acids\">Macronutrient #3: Proteins (Amino Acids)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amino acids, the third macronutrient, are molecules that link together into complex chains known as <em>proteins<\/em><strong>.<\/strong> According to Enders, <strong>proteins make up many structures in the body, including our DNA.<\/strong> She explains that during digestion, the gut breaks down the protein in our food into individual amino acids. The bloodstream then transports these amino acids to cells throughout the body, which reorganize them into structures such as muscle and skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-connection-between-proteins-and-dna\"><strong>The Connection Between Proteins and DNA<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Enders&#8217;s claim that proteins are a building block of DNA is incorrect. DNA is made up of compounds called nucleotides, which contain deoxyribose (a sugar), a nitrogen base, and a phosphate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, DNA and proteins are closely related. In a process called <em>protein synthesis<\/em><strong>, <\/strong>which happens in our cells,<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/topicpage\/translation-dna-to-mrna-to-protein-393\/\">our DNA directs the construction of protein chains<\/a> by telling the cell which amino acids to combine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cells combine amino acids in different sequences to create different proteins, depending on the cell\u2019s function in our body. For example, our muscle cells combine amino acids into chains of the proteins actin and myosin, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/actin\">form muscle fibers<\/a>. Meanwhile, our skin cells form proteins such as keratin and collagen, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/keratin\">strengthen our skin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the three macronutrients? What is the function of each? 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