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Carbo, Sugar, Starches Vocabulary Onward! part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Disaccharides | Pairs of monosaccharide linked together |
| maltose | Sometimes known as malt sugar produced when starch is broken down and occurs in the fermentation process that yields alcohol |
| Sucrose | Known as table sugar, beet sugar, or can sugar |
| lactose | Milk sugar |
| Lactose Intolerance | Difficulty in digestion of milk |
| Polysaccharides | Many monosaccharide linked together |
| poly | means many |
| Glycogen | Stored form of glucose in Animals stored in the liver and muscle and think of it as a "small gas tank" |
| Starches | stored form of glucose in plants food sources are grain like corn rice rye oats and barley. Others are legumes and tubers |
| Fibers | structural parts of a plant not the starch |
| Cellulose | plant walls occurs in veggies fruits and legumes |
| Hemicelluloses | cereal fibers |
| Pectins | fruits and veggies food additive to thicken jelly texture consistency food controller and keep salad dressing from separating gels |
| Gums and Mucilages | food additive stabilizer |
| Lignin | woody parts of plants. Can be found in carrots and strawberries |
| Resistant starches | starches that escape digestion and absorption in the small intestine of healthy people |