Lesson 3 Flashcards
One of the basic tools in nutrition and diet therapy
Food Exhange List
It is used in meals and estimating the energy and macronutrients
Food Exhange List
Provide a way of grouping foods together to help people on special diets stay on track
Exchange list
Six groups in FEL
Starch/bread
Meat
Fruits
Vegetables
Fats
Milk
The simple sugar
Simple Carbohydrates
The starch
Complex carbohydrates
What type of carbohydrates: monosaccharides and disaccharides
Simple carbohydrates
What type of carbohydrates: polysaccharides
Complex carbohydrates
These carbohydrates cannot be absorbed easily
Complex carbohydrates
These carbohydrates can be digested or absorbed easily
Simple carbohydrates
What are the 3 sizes of carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
Double structure of sugar
Disaccharides
Three or more structure of sugars
Polysaccharides
Single structure of sugars
Monosaccharides
What contains monosaccharides?
Glucose
Fructose
Galactose