Question

Choose an example of a specific carbohydrate, lipid, and/or protein found in your home. What is the role of this biomolecule in your body? What would happen if you did not have this biomolecule? What is the source of this biomolecule?

Answer 1

Rice grain, it provides rich carbohydrates, lipid and proteins in diets to the human body.

Role of rice grain in our body -

It helps in providing energy, controls blood pressure, prevents cancer, provides skin care, prevents obesity as well as has Diuretic & Digestive Qualities, improves metabolism, boost up the cardiovascular health,  prevents chronic constipation, regulates body temperature.

What would happen if you did not have this biomolecule?

If you stop having rice grain on daily basis without replacing it with any other source of nutrient, you would be short of good macro and micro nutrients, carbohydrates, some proteins and natural fats. You would loose weight.

Source of the biomolecule

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population