What do our bodies derive hydrogen&carbon from?
The building blocks of life are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. Those four elements alone constitute about 90 percent of the human body. Our bodies can derive those elements from basically every item in our diet.CarbohydratesCarbohydrates like the ones found in bread, potatoes, pasta and cookies are made of different combinations of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.SugarsSugars are the simplest form of carbohydrate, and thus they are also made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. When we eat complex carbohydrates, they are metabolized into sugars because only sugar molecules are small enough to get into the bloodstream and be absorbed by cells.Animal ProteinsProteins are also made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, although they have nitrogen too, and in some cases, sulfur.Vegetable ProteinsSome vegetables produce proteins that can be assimilated by the human body, too. Soy is particularly rich in protein, but the body can assimilate proteins (and thus carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen) from bea
