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Nutrition Ch. 3
Quiz Tues. 1-17!!!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the preferred energy source for many of the body's functions? | Carbohydrates |
| People who wish to lose weight should do what? | be physically active, pay attention to portion size, balance diet |
| What are carbs? | Energy nutrients composed of monosaccharides |
| What are monosaccharides? | single unit sugar |
| What are disacchardies? | Long chains of monosaccharide units arranges as starch, glycogen or fiber |
| What is fructose? | Fruit sugar, monosaccharide |
| What is homeostasis? | The maintenance of constant inter conditions |
| What are polysaccharides? | compounds composed of chains of monosacchardies units |
| What are 3 monosaccharides important in nutrition? | glucose, fructose and galactose |
| What used glucose for energy? | Brain and NS |
| What does insulin do? | moves glucose from the blood into the cells |
| What does glucagon do? | brings glucose out of storage when blood glucose falls |
| What is fructose in? | fruit, honey and sap |
| What is Galactose? | Milk sugar |
| What are important disacchardies? | maltose, sucrose and lactose |
| What is sucrose? | White sugar (glucose + Fructose) |
| What is Lactose? | Carb. of milk, (glucose + galactose) |
| What is Maltose? | Glucose + Glucose, produced when starch breaks down |
| Polysaccharides are composed mostly of what? | GLUCOSE |
| What polysaccharides are important in nutrition? | Starch, glycogen and fibers |
| What is Glycogen? | Storage form of energy for humans and animals, allllll glucose |
| Where is glycogen found? | Meat |
| The human body stores much of it glucose as? | Glycogen in the liver and muscles |
| What is the first organ to respond after blood glucose rises? | Pancreas |
| Muscle and liver cells use excess glucose to build what? | glycogen |
| The muscles hoard how much of the body's total glycogen? | 2/3 |
| What is starch? | long, straight, or branched chain of hundreds or thousands of glucose units linked together |
| When someone eats starch what does the body do? | Splits the starch into glucose units |
| What foods contain starch? | grains, and legumes |
| What is the third major source of starch? | potatoes and yams (Root vegies) |
| What are dietary fibers? | The structural parts of plants (vegies, fruits, whole grains, and legumes ) |
| Most dietary fibers are? | polysaccharides |
| Dietary fibers do not provide much what to the body? | Energy |
| What is the main component in plant cell walls? | Cellulose |
| What are pectins abundant in? | Vegies and fruits (thicken jelly) |
| What are pectins in? | Cereal fibers |
| What are lignins? | tough woody parts of plants |
| What are resistant starches? | starches that escape digestion and absorption in the small intestine. |
| What is resistant starch in? foods? | milled grains, legumes, raw potatoes, and unripe bananas |
| Resistant starch may support what? | healthy colon |
| Fibers are divided into what two catagories? | Soluble and insoluble |
| What are soluble fibers? | They dissolve in water and form gels that are easily digested in bacteria in large intestine |
| What are insoluble fibers? | do not dissolve and do not form gels and are less readily fermented (easily eliminated) |
| What are storage forms of glucose? | glycogen and starch |
| T or F: dietary fibers can be broken down by human digestive system and provide lots of energy | F |
| What foods are fiber rich carbs? | vegies, whole grain, legumes and fruits |
| What are naturally occurring sugars? | sugars that are not added to a food but are present as its original constituents |
| What are added sugars? | sugars and syrups added to a food |
| What is viscous? | a gel like consistency |
| What are the average amount of sugar a person consumes per year? | 100 lbs |
| What is the rise is sugar consumption caused by? | commercially prepared foods and beverages |
| The usual amount of added sugars consumed in a day averages? | more than 22 tsp |
| sugars can be detrimental in what two ways? | 1. sugars can contribute to nutrient deficiencies by giving energy with no nutrients 2. sugars contribute to tooth decay or dental caries |
| What are carb containing foods that cause cavitites? | bread, bananas, milk and sugar |
| What caused obesity to sky rocket? | high fructose corn syrup |
| What is brown sugar? | white sugar with molasses added |
| What is concentration fruit juice sweetner? | A concentrated sugar syrup made from dehydrated, deflavored fruit juice |
| What is confectioner's sugar? | finely powdered sucrose |
| What is corn sweeteners? | corn syrup and sugar solution from corn |
| What is corn syrup? | a syrup mostly glucose (some maltose) produced by the actions of enzymes on cornstarch |
| What is dextrose? | an older name for glucose |
| What is evaporated cane juice? | raw sugar from which imputities have been removed |
| What is honey? | concentration solution primarily composed of glucose and fructose |
| What is invert sugar? | mixture of glucose and fructose formed by the splitting of sucrose in a industrial process |
| What is levulose? | An older name for fructose |
| What is maple sugar? | a concentration solution of sucrose derived from the sap of the sugar maple tree's, mostly sucrose |
| What is molasses? | a syrup left over from the refining of sucrose from sugarcane, thick brown syrup |
| What is raw sugar? | The first crop of crystals harvested during sugar processing (to much dirt) |
| What is turbinado? | Raw sugar from which the filth has been washed |
| What is white sugar? | pure sucrose, prduced by dissolving and recrytallizing raw sugar |
| T or F: Honey contains some vitamins and minerals? | T: but not many |
| T or F: honey is known to relieve nighttime coughing and mouth ulcers | T |
| What are sugar alcohols? | sugarlike compounds. like sugars, they are sweet to taste but yeild 2 to 3 k cal per gram |
| What are nutritive sweeteners? | sweeteners that yield energy |
| What are artificial sweeteners? | noncarbohydrate, nonkcaloric synthetic sweetening agents (nonnutritive sweeteners |
| sugar alcohols are? | carbs with less energy |
| sugar alcohols are often called? | nutritive sweeteners because they do yeild some energy |
| Sugar alcohols cause? | gas, abdominal discomfot, and diarrhea |
| The advantage of using sugar alcohol and artificial sweetners is? | they do not contribute to cavities |
| Sugar alcohols are used in? | Gum, mints and other products that people put in their mouths |
| What is saccharin? | it is a sweetener used often in soda |
| What is the problem with saccharin? | it increased bladder cancer in rats |
| What is acceptable daily intake? | The amount of an artifical sweetener that individuals can safely consume each day over the course of a lifetime without adverse effect. |
| What is Acesulfame-K? | A 0 calorie sweetener approved by the FDA |
| What is aspartame? | a compound of phenyalanine and aspartic acid that tastes like the sugar sucrose but much sweeter |
| What is cyclamate? | a 0 calorie sweetener |
| What is neotame? | artifical sweetener composed of 2 amino acids |
| What is sucralose? | nonkcaloric sweetener derived from a chlorinate form of sugar that travels though the GI tract unabsorbed |
| What is tagatose? | an incompletely absorbed monosacchardie sweetener derived from latose |
| people with _________ cannot consume aspartame? | metabolic disorder |
| ________ passes through the body unchanged? | sucralose |
| _______ is 7,000 times sweeter than sugar? | Neotame |
| What is classified as "generally recognized as safe"? | Tagatose |
| Tagatose cause what GI prob? | gas, rumbling, and loose stools |
| what artificial sugar has been having issures for 50 years? | Cyclamate |
| What foods decrease risk of type 2 diabetes? | high fiber |
| What foods protect against hearth disease? | whole grains, legumes and vegies |
| What is glycemic response? | refers to how quick glucose is absorbed after a person eats, how high glucose rises, and how quickly it returns to normal. |
| What is the glycemic index? | is a method of classifying foods according to their potential to raise blood glucose |
| What enhances the health of the large intestine? | Dietary fibers |
| What do fibers do? | prevent constipation and ease elimination for rectal muscles |
| What lowers the risk of diverticulosis? | insoluble fibers |
| AS people increase their dietary fiber intakes? | their risk for colon cancer declines |
| Are fiber rich foods tend to be high or low in fat and added sugars? | Low |
| Dietary fiber intake protects against body fat because? | They create feelings of fullness, lowering food intake, and delaying hunger |
| consuming too much fiber causes? | minerals to bind and get excreted before the body uses them |
| carbs should contribute to how much energy? | half |
| T or F: to much fiber is no better than too little | T |
| What does a diet rich in starches and dietary fibers help prevent? | heart disease, diabetes, GI disorders, cancer |
| Most grain choices should be? | low in fat and sugar |
| What is the only group that does not provide carbs? | meat |
| Why do people have worst nutrion now than they used to? | Fast food (presevatives, sodium, MSG) |
| What can support bacterial growth in the mouth? | Carbs |
| What does bacteria produce that eats away at enamel? | Acid |
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