Carbs Flashcards
Carbs are polymers of
Simple sugar
True or false
Does carbohydrates form complexes with other macromolecules
True. They from complexes with proteins ( glycoproteins), lipids (glycolipid) and RNA (glycoRNA)
High fructose corn syrup
Lot less for the same sweet. More fructose than glucose and glucose is the prefer source of fuel. a lot of the cells cannot metabolize and so the liver will make F.A and not metabolize for energy
Is the sugar consumption increasing or decreasing. And what are the affects that are making this happen
It is increasing, what can affect this increase is that people are more sedentary, portion since are increasing. You can have the same sweet for less food. There is over consumption of food