Carbs Basics
These are one of the three macronutrients that provide energy
What are carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates containing one sugar unit are called this.
What are monosaccharides?
This enzyme begins starch digestion in the gastrointestinal tract.
What is amylase?
Health guidelines recommend limiting added sugars to less than this percentage of total calories.
What is less than 10%?
This type of fiber dissolves in water and helps lower cholesterol.
What is soluble fiber?
Carbohydrates are made of these three elements.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
Carbohydrates containing two linked sugar units are called this.
What are disaccharides?
This hormone moves glucose from the bloodstream into cells.
What is insulin?
This sweetener is up to 300 times sweeter than sugar and contains zero calories.
What is stevia?
This type of fiber promotes bowel movement and adds bulk to stool.
What is insoluble fiber?
Each gram of carbohydrate provides this many calories.
What is 4 calories?
This disaccharide is made from two glucose molecules.
What is maltose?
After absorption, all monosaccharides first travel to this organ.
What is the liver?
This common processed sweetener is often blamed in media messages about health.
What is high-fructose corn syrup?
Foods containing all three parts of the grain kernel are called this.
What are whole grains?
Carbohydrates are the body’s primary source of this.
What is energy (fuel)?
Long chains of 100 or more sugar molecules are called this?
What are polysaccharides?
These are the two major categories of fiber.
What is soluble fiber and insoluble fiber?
Four grams of sugar on a nutrition label equals this household measurement.
What is one teaspoon?
Refining grains removes these two parts of the kernel.
What are the bran and germ?
The amount of carbohydrates in your diet is less important than ____________.
What is the type of carbohydrates?
This carbohydrate is used for short-term energy storage in the human body.
What is glycogen?
If the body has more glucose than it needs, it stores it short-term as this.
What is glycogen?
These sweeteners contain little or no calories and are sometimes called sugar alternatives.
What are non-nutritive sweeteners?
Women aged 19–50 are recommended to consume approximately this many grams of fiber daily.
What is 25 grams?