puds Flashcards
Digestion process
Mouth - Esophagus - Stomach - Intestine - Anus
the muscle contraction process that pushes the food down the esophagus
peristalsis
simple carbohydrates
Lollies
Chocolate
White bread
Cookies
White rice
the starches and sugars found in foods, especially in plant-based foods
They are also the main source of energy
Carbohybdrates
nutrients that normal growth, give you energy, and keep your skin healthy
Fats
Two types of Fats
Saturated
Unsaturated
aka “CHO”
Carbohydrates
Greek for “sugars”
source of “instant energy”
Carbohydrates
Organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Carbohydrates
Classification of Carbohydrates
Monosaccharide
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides
Simple sugars (one sugar unit)
Monosaccharide
Composed of two monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Complex carbohydrates, composed of many sugar units
Polysaccharides
Also known as “dextrose/grape sugar/physiologic sugar (corn syrup)
Glucose
Sweetest of all sugars
Aka “fruit sugars/levulose”
Fructose
aka “milk sugars”
Galactose
Mannitol and Sorbitol
Sugar alcohol
Meat and Seafood
Pentose (ribose and ribulose)
group of complex lipids present in the shields of nerve fibers (galactose and glucose)
Cerebrosides
Nutrients that provides the most amount of energy per gram
Fats