Carbohydrates
The monosaccharide commonly known as blood sugar
What is glucose?
Normal Blood Glucose Readings
70-110 mg / dL
90% of Diabetics are this type.
Type 2
Cholesterol is mainly found in ___________________products.
Animal
What element if found in Protein, but NOT carbs of fats?
Nitrogen
This is the sweetest tasting carbohydrate in the diet.
What is Fructose.
A blood glucose reading that is above 110 m/dL.
What is hyperglycemia.
Type 1 Diabetes is a failure of _________________production.
Insulin
Cholesterol made inside the body, by the liver is called____________________.
Endogenous
The majority of digestion of protein begins in what organ?
Stomach
This is the composition of Lactose
One glucose and One galactose
A Blood Glucose level that is below 70 mg/dL?
What is hypoglycemia.
With Type 2 Diabetes, cells become ________resistant.
Insulin
Cholesterol from food sources is called_____________.
Exogenous Cholesterol
The protein found in the formation of scar tissue and wound healing.
Collagen
The places where Glycogen is stored.
Muscle and the Liver
Not eating or drinking anything for 8-12 hours before a blood test.
Fasting
Desirable Cholesterol level is one that is below_____ mg/dL.
200 mg/dL
The protein that combats foreign bacteria and viruses?
Antibodies
Where most Carbohydrate digestion takes place.
What is the Small Intestine
When blood glucose concentration falls, what pancreatic hormone is released to stimulate an increase of stored glucose?
What is Glucagon
Most Type 2 diabetics are _________?
Overweight
When cholesterol hardens in the arteries, it is called _________.
Atherosclerosis
A person with Liver Disease my have high blood levels of _____________?
Ammonia