Carbohydrates Flashcards
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Where do carbohydrates come from
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Simple Carbohydrates - sugars
Complex carbohydrates - starches and fibre
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What are carbohydrates?
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Almost exclusively from plants - exception is lactose, from milk
Name means “hydrate of carbon” - chemically, carbon molecules with “fragments” of water attached
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How Carbohydrates are made?
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Light + Carbon dioxide + water in
Sugars, starches and fibre out
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Photosynthesis
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energy from the sun is stored chemically and used to form structural components
Stored chemical energy is used to fuel metabolic processes, both of plants and herbivores
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minimum requirement for nervous system
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130 g
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How many percentage for calorie intake for
Carb, protein, fat
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Carb 45-60
Protein 10% - 35% (0.8 per g/ kg
fats 20-35% (7% for saturate fat)
