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Nutrition Chap 2
Carbs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plant foods contain the best sources of | fiber |
| Good sources of fiber canb be found in | oats |
| Oats are a grain containing a high percent of | carbohydrate |
| Perfered source of energy for the heart muscle is | Fatty acid |
| Emergency fuel for the heart | Gycogen |
| A rapid breakdown of fat results in | Ketones |
| The break down of fat occurs when | insuficient carbohydrate intake |
| hundreds of units of gluclose | 1 molecule of glycogen |
| What is consantly recycled glucose and is found in the liver and muscle? | Glycogen |
| Most common disaccharide found in food products | Sucrose |
| Common table sugar is | Sucrose |
| Granulated, powdered and brown sugar is called | Sucrose |
| The digestion of milk yeilds the monosacchrides | Galactose and Glucose |
| The major site of metabolic processing | Liver |
| Once Carbohydrates are broken down to their simpliest form, they are directly absorbed into the | Portal blood circulation |
| Glycogen is found in the | Liver and muscles |
| Protein does not contain | Carbohydrates |
| A lesser amount of carbohydrate tends to be present in food such as | Milk and less starchy veggies |
| Simple sugars found in concentrated sweets contain more carbohydrates than | Grains, fruits and veggies |
| Three Monosacharides | Glucose, galactose and fructose |
| Three Disaccharides | Lactose, sucrose and maltose |
| Sugars that are directly absorbed into the portal blood stream | monoscharides |
| Once monoscharides are absorbed into the blood streams they are transported to the | Liver |
| The Enzyme found in the mouth is | Ptyalin |
| Digestion of carbohydrates begins in the | mouth |
| Name of water soluble fiber found in fruit | Pectin |
| 2 insoluble fiber | Cellulose and Lignin |
| Starch is a | Polyscharide |
| Foods with starch in them | Grains, Legumes and veggies |
| The amount of fructose in fruit depends on | ripeness |
| ripe fruit contains more | fructose |
| Mechanical digestive process in the stomach entailing wave like contractions | Peristalis |
| Human beings lack the necessary _______ to digest fiber | enzyme |
| fiber has no | energy value |
| Recommended intake of fiber for men and women aged 50 and younger | 38-25 grams |
| Dietary fiber can be found in complex carbohydrates such as | plants |
| Three kinds of dietary fiber | Cellulose, lignin and noncellulose polyscharides |
| What provides the highest amount of dietary fiber? | Lentils and Corn |
| Glucose is stored in the body as | Glycogen |
| Glycogen is stored in the | Liver and Muscles |
| Carbs are considered quick energy because | They can be readily metabolized in the body to form glucose |
| The bodies main fuel | Glucose |
| Glucose in the form of sugar in the blood stream and is the primary fuel for | cells |
| Simple carbs are the simplestsugar units or the building blocks | Monoscharides |
| Three of the simplest sugars | Glucose, galatose and fructose |
| The formula for monoscharides | CH2O |
| Carbohydrates consist of approximately how much of your caloric inatke | 50 percent |
| The chemical nature of carbohydrates are | C:O:H2 Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen |
| Plants convert solar energy into carbohydrates in which process? | Photosynthesis |
| Which of the following is the abbreviation for carbohydrates that is typically used in medical charts? | CHO |
| Polyscharide stored in the liver and muscles | Glycogen |
| A disacharide carb? | Sucrose |
| The acids that are produced from a fat break down? | Ketones |
| What has the highest amounts of insoluable fiber? | Wheat Bran |
| Carbs provide how much energy | 4 calories |
| Which enzyme helps break down carbohydrates in the duodenum | Pancreatic Amylase |
| What ethnic group is most likely to suffer lactose intolerance? | Native Americans |
| What percentage of the adult diet should be carbs? | 45-65 percent |
| Carbs play a major role in nutrition because they | provide a major source of energy |
| The carbohydrate form in which glucose is stored in the animal body is | Glycogen |
| An example of a high fiber meal is | Chilli bean |
| Wave like contrations of the muscle fibers of the stomach and intestinal walls are called | Peristalsis |
| The major site organ in the body for metabolic processes of carbohydrates is the | Liver |
| A basic single sugar in the body metabolism is | Glucose |
| The building blocks of carbohydrates are | Monoscharides |
| Sucrose is composed of | Glucose and Fructose |
| Th disaccharide not commonly found in the diet but that is derived from the intermediat digestive breakdown of starch is | Maltose |
| Complex carbohydrates compsed of many single sugar units are | Polysccharides |
| A complex carbohydrate that is not digetible yet is important to the body is | dietary fiber |
| The digestion of a carbohydrate starts in the | mouth |
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