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My balanced dinner plate with one food for each of the four biomolecule groups: brown rice (carbohydrates), grilled chicken (proteins), avocado (lipids/fats), and spinach (nucleic acids).
Brown rice - which biomolecule:
1. Brown rice is mostly made of carbohydrates, which are sugars and starches.
2. Carbohydrates are the parts of food that give your body quick fuel.
Brown rice — how it helps your body:
1. Brown rice gives you energy to run, think, and play.
2. The carbohydrates in rice turn into glucose, which your cells burn for energy.
Grilled chicken — which biomolecule:
1. Grilled chicken is full of protein, which is made of amino acids.
2. Proteins are the building blocks that make up muscles, skin, and many parts of your body.

Grilled chicken — how it helps your body:
1. Protein helps your body grow and repair things like muscles and cuts.
2. Your body uses amino acids from chicken like tiny bricks to build and fix your body.
Avocado - which biomolecule:
1. Avocado has lots of healthy fats, which are called lipids.
2. Lipids are oily parts of food that store energy and help make cell membranes.
Avocado — how it helps your body:
1. The fats in avocado give you long-lasting energy and help your brain work well.
2. Lipids also help your body absorb vitamins (A, D, E, and K) that keep you healthy.
Spinach - which biomolecule:
1. Spinach contains nucleic acids like DNA and RNA inside its cells.
2. Nucleic acids are the instruction books that tell cells how to grow and work.
Spinach - how it helps your body:
1. When you eat spinach, your body gets pieces it can use to help make and fix cells.
2. Nucleic acids help your body follow the right instructions for growth and staying healthy.
This plate gives energy, building materials, healthy fats, and cellular instructions so your body can work, grow, and stay well.

Answer 1

My balanced dinner plate—brown rice, grilled chicken, avocado, and spinach—gives my body what it needs to work and grow: brown rice is mostly carbohydrates (sugars and starches) that turn into glucose to give quick energy for running, thinking, and playing; grilled chicken supplies protein made of amino acids that act like tiny building blocks to build and repair muscles, skin, and other tissues; avocado provides healthy fats (lipids) that store longer-lasting energy, help the brain work well, and let the body absorb vitamins A, D, E, and K; and spinach contains nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) inside its cells, which supply pieces your body can use to help make and fix cells by following the right instructions—together this plate gives energy, building materials, healthy fats, and cellular instructions so your body can stay healthy and grow.