Carbohydrates
Foods
Metabolism
Random food facts
Fruits & Veggies
100

A person needs to consume this type of food frequently to keep providing glucose to meet the body's energy needs

What are carbohydrates?

100

This food is the only food with an eternal shelf-life.

Honey

100

The breaking down of compounds to release energy

What is catabolism?

100
SPAM is short for ____________.

What is spiced ham?

100

This U.S. President was the first to serve French Fries in America at the White House

Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200

This is the sweetest carbohydrate and is produced by plants. (Hint: glucose, galactose, fructose, or lactose)

What is fructose?

200

This fungi is the only non-animal natural source of vitamin D

What is a mushroom?
200

The building of compounds that use energy

What is anabolism?

200

This is the second most traded food product in the world.

What is coffee?

200

This green, oval-shaped fruit supposedly contains more than twice as much potassium as a banana

What is an avocado?

300

Where carbohydrate metabolism begins

What is the mouth?

300

There are so many varieties of this specific fruit that if you were to eat one every day, it would take you over 27 years to try all of the different varieties. 

What are apples?

300

This is responsible for regulating the body's metabolism

What is the thyroid?

300

This soft drink contains three main ingredients, one being orange juice.

What is Mountain Dew?

300

This vegetable is a member of the grass family.

What is corn?

400

Where most of the work of carbohydrate digestion and metabolism is performed

What is the small intestine?

400

This fruit is an international symbol of welcome and represents a symbolic way of saying "you are perfect" when one is presented to someone. Gateposts and doorframes often have these to signal a welcome

What are pineapples?

400

Which animal has the fastest metabolism in the world? (hint: it's a type of bird)

What are hummingbirds?

400

This is the most traded food product in the world

What is oil?

400

This is the oldest known vegetable

What are peas?

500

Name one monosaccharide

Glucose, Fructose, or Galactose

500

This nut is a member of the peach family

What are Almonds?

500

This contributes to a disturbance in neuroendocrine control of appetite. 

What is a lack of sleep?
500

This pie is hundreds of years old and was first introduced in 1621.

What is pumpkin pie?

500

Queen Elizabeth loved this vegetable so much that one of her staff presented her with a wreath of them studded with diamonds.

What are carrots?

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