Lecture 3 Flashcards
Where do we get our carbohydrates from?
All plant food
Milk
Energy is:
the capacity of a physical system to do work.
1000 calories=
1 Calorie = 1kcal
Canadians consumed the equivalent of:
12 teaspoons of
sugar and syrup daily in 2009.
Maltose is used in
beer production
Starches
Storage form of glucose in plants
Glycogen
Storage form of glucose in the body
Fiber Built from:
a variety of monosaccharides
Starch is the storage form of:
glucose.
Amylopectin is highly:
branched
Medium-starch potatoes are called:
all-purpose potatoes
Fiber is indigestible in:
the human small intestine.
Fiber is divided into 2 groups:
soluble and insoluble.
Soluble fibers are:
digested by bacteria in the large intestine
Insoluble fibers are:
not digested bacteria in the large intestine.