Carbohydrates - Answer- These foods can be rapidly oxidized by the body to release energy and its product, heat
Carbs are a _______ source of energy
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Carbs are... - Answer- Least expensive and most abundant
Carbs can ______ grow in most climates, they _______ well, and are _________ to digest - Answer- Easily, store, easy
Carbs provide ________ calories for ppl living in the United States - Answer- Half
In some parts of the world fats and proteins are scarce, so carbs = ______ of diet - Answer- 80-100%
Carbs are composed of - Answer- carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
Each gram of carbs provide - Answer- 4 calories
Body stores about ____ days supplies of carbs in the live and muscles to use as needed - Answer- 1/2
In the muscles and liver carbs are called - Answer- Glycogen
When enough carbs (50-100g/day) are ingested to supply a persons energy needs, they spare proteins for their primary function of building and repairing body tissue - Answer- Protein-sparing action
_________ fat metabolism requires an adequate supply of carbohydrates - Answer- Normal
Ketones - Answer- Substances which fatty acids are broken down in the liver
Ketoacidosis - Answer- Condition in which ketones collet in the blood, caused by insufficient glucose available for energy
ketoacidosis can lead to _____ or ________ - Answer- Coma, death
When sufficient carbs are eaten, the body is protected against keystones - Answer- Antiketogenic effect of carbs
Another important function of carbs is providing _______ via ________ - Answer- Fiber, grains
Example of principal food source - Answer- Plant foods like cereal, veggies, fruits, sugars, milk
________ are dietary stapes in nearly every part of the world - Answer- Cereal grains and their products
Basic food in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and sections of USA - Answer- Rice
Popular in europe and USA - Answer- Wheat, bread, pasta, breakfast cereal
_____ and ____ are used in bread in USA and Europe - Answer- Rye, oats
During processing some of the nutrients are lost. To compensate for this loss, food producers commonly add B Vitamine and minerals to final product making it ______ - Answer- Enriched
When a nutrient has never have been part of the Brian gain has been added, it is said to be - Answer- Fortified
Potatoes, beets, peas, Lima beans, and corn provide - Answer- Starch and vitamin
Green leafy veggies provide - Answer- Fiber and vitamin
Fruits provide - Answer- Fruit sugar, fiber, vitamins
Sugars (table sugar), syrups provide - Answer- Carbs in form of sugar w/ few other nutrients except fat
Monosccharides - Answer- Simplest carbs sugars that cannot be further reduced
Glucose - Answer- Simple sugar to which carbs must be broken down for absorption aka dextrose
Fructose - Answer- monosaccharide found in fruit and honey
Galactose - Answer- monosaccharide to which lactose is broken down during digestion not found naturally
Continuous supply of _______ is needed for the body - Answer- Glucose
Disccharides - Answer- Double sugars that are reduced by hydrolysis to monosaccharides [Show Less]