Exam 1: carbohydrates 2

Question 1

What do the Dietary Guidelines for Americans say about sugar intake?

Answer 1

Urges people to reduce consumption of foods containing ADDED sugars

Question 2

Sugar alcohols

Answer 2

Nutritive sweeteners, yield less energy than sucrose
-2kcal/g
Do not contribute to dental cavities

Question 3

Artificial sweetener

Answer 3

Non-nutritive sweeteners, yield no energy

saccharin, aspertame, sucralose

Question 4

Hi Melody

Answer 4

:D

Question 5

Carbohydrate recommendation

Answer 5

45-65% of total kcal

Question 6

Fiber recommendation

Answer 6

25-38 grams / day

Question 7

Recommended soluble fibers

Answer 7

5-10 g / day

Question 8

Whole grains defend against what?

Answer 8

Heart disease, because they lower blood cholesterol

Question 9

Hyperglycemia

Answer 9

> 126 mg/dL

Question 10

Pre-diabetes

Answer 10

100-125 mg/dL

Question 11

Gestational diabetes

Answer 11

Occurs most commonly after 20th week of gestation

Question 12

Glycemic effect

Answer 12

> A measure of how quickly carbohydrate in a food is digested and absorbed

Question 13

Irritable bowel syndrome

Answer 13

Characterized by chronic, recurrent & unexplainable intestinal symptoms
>Both diarrhea and constipation

Question 14

Two types of inflammatory bowel disease

Answer 14

> Chronic ulcerative colitis

>Crohn’s Disease

Question 15

Chronic ulcerative colitis

Answer 15

Affects lining of colon and rectum

>15-30 and 50-70 year olds

Question 16

Crohn’s Disease

Answer 16

Affects any part of GI tract

>15-35 years old

Question 17

Diverticulosis

Answer 17

Presence of pebble-size outpockets in intestinal wall (diverticula)

Question 18

Diverticulitis

Answer 18

Inflammation or infection developing around a diverticulum