WHAT ARE CARBOHYDRATES
STEPS OF DIGESTION
WHAT IS THE BETTER SOURCE OF CARBS?
Regulating Glucose
MISCELLANEOUS
100
Composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
What are carbohydrates?
100
The enzyme found in the mouth that digests simple carbohydrates.
What is amylase?
100
Vegetables vs. Cookies
What are vegetables?
100
The two hormones control the level of glucose in the blood.
What is insulin and glucagon?
100
Contains one or two molecules.
What are simple carbohydrates?
200
The most abundant carbohydrate.
What is glucose?
200
The process that breaks the bonds of polysaccharides and disaccharides.
What is hydrolysis?
200
Cake OR Legumes
What are legumes?
200
Produced by beta cells in the pancreas.
What is insulin?
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200
We do not have the enzymes necessary to digest this.
What is fiber?
300
Contains only one molecule.
What are monosaccharides?
300
The remaining substance that cannot be broken down and helps sweep the digestive tract.
What is fiber?
300
Simple OR Complex Sugars
What are complex sugars?
300
Produced by alpha cells in the pancreas.
What is glucagon?
300
Excess glucose is converted to this by the liver.
What is glycogen?
400
Contains two molecules.
What are disaccharides?
400
Absorbs monosaccharides and adds them to the bloodstream.
What is the intestinal tract?
400
A food's ability to raise blood glucose levels.
What is glycemic index?
400
Produces glucose.
What is glucagon?
400
Three enzymes in the small intestine to digest disaccharides and monosaccharides.
What is maltase, sucrase, and lactase?
500
Long chains of glucose molecules, can be hundreds to thousands of molecules long.
What are polysaccharides?
500
The purpose/result of monosaccharides being distributed throughout your body.
What is energy?
500
Each gram of carbohydrates = 4kcal vs. Each gram of carbohydrates = 6kcal.
What is 6kcal.
500
Stimulates the liver to reduce glucose.
What is insulin?
500
The enzyme produced in the pancreas that digests carbohydrates to maltose.
What is pancreatic amylase?
