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Carbs

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