Nutrition Flashcards
What are the sic classes of nutrients
Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids vitamins mineral water
Organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It provides source of energy `
Carbohydrates
How much carbohydrates should you consume
4 kilocalories/gram
Carbohydrates include
Monosaccharides, disaccharides, and complex polysaccharides
Single sugar (simplest carbohydrates)
Monosaccharides
Which monosaccharides is the main fuel for brain and needed for WBCs and RBCs
Most abundant carbohydrate found in nature
Glucose (dextrose)
Sweetest of the monosaccharides
Fructose (levulose) Fruit sugar
This monosaccharides is compound of milk sugar
body converts glucose to galactose in mammary tissue during lactation
Galactose
Double sugars, made up of two monosaccharides
Disaccharides
What is made up of glucose and fructose
Sucrose table sugar
Made up of glucose and galactose
Lactose (Milk sugar)
Made up of 2 glucose molecules
Maltose (plant sugar)
Composed of more than 10 sugar units
Polysaccharides (complex)
Plant storage form of glucose (amylose and amylopectin)
Nutritionally most important carbohydrate
Digestible; breaks down at a slow rate
Starch
This polysaccharides provides a carbohydrate storage form of energy in animals/humans (glycogenesis)
Glycogen
Can be dietary (insoluble) or functional (soluble)
Should consume 25-38 grams/day
Fibers
Initial digestion (chemical) begins in the mouth with enzyme Breaks down into maltose
Polysaccharides (Starch)
Broken down by enzymes
Disaccharides
Sucrase breaks down sucrose into
glucose and fructose
Lactase breaks down lactose into
glucose and galactose
Maltase breaks down maltose into
2 molecules of glucose
Two monosaccharides that make up lactose?
Glucose and galactose
What is the active ingredient in Splenda
Sucralose
If you have phenylketonuria (PKU) what sweetener CANT you use
Equal
What gum should you chew after eating something sweet (3-5mins)
Xylitol
Active ingredient in Sweet’N Low
Saccharin
Active ingredient in NutraSweet and Equal
Aspartame
Active ingredient in Sunette and Sweet One
Acesulfame-K
Metabolic disorder characterized by high blood glucose levels due to insufficient insulin or ineffective insulin function. When glucose levels are elevated in the blood and cells, tissue damage will result
Diabetes Mellitus
Which type of diabetes is insulin dependent
Type 1 diabetes Mellitus (T1DM)
Which type of diabetes is non-insulin dependent and associated with obesity
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)
Signs and Symptoms of diabetes
Hyperglycemia
Acetone breath
Ketonemia/ketonuria
Polydipsia/polyuria/ polyphagia
Abnormally high blood glucose concentration
Hyperglycemia
Fruity odor on breath (as a result of ketosis)
Acetone breath
Ketones in blood/urine
Ketonemia/ ketonuria
increased thirst
Polydipsia
increased urination
Polyuria
increased appetite
polyphagia
For a diabetic when should you schedule there appointment
early in the day, following breakfast
this is low blood glucose levels (Remember the brain is fueled entirely by glucose) less than 70 mg/dl
Hypoglycemia
Symptoms of hypoglycemia
shakiness dizziness sweating headaches irritability hunger lightheadedness Palpitations (not lowered heart rate)
In diet survey what is most important
frequency of intake
Organic compounds made up of amino acids.
Contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen (and sometimes sulfur)
Proteins