This simple sugar is found in foods such as sugar beets and sugar cane. It is also referred to as 'table sugar'.
What is sucrose
100
What are the two types of complex carbohydrates?
What are starch and fiber
100
Sweeteners such as Splenda, Stevia, and Sweet n' Low are all hundreds of times sweeter than regular table sugar (sucrose). Using these sweeteners to replace sugar in recipes does what to the final food product?
What is lowers calories
100
What two simple sugars can be absorbed directly into the bloodstream at various stages of digestion?
What are glucose and galactose
100
Carbohydrates provide what for our body?
What is energy (fuel)
200
This simple sugar is referred to by several names including dextrose, grape sugar, and blood sugar.
What is glucose
200
What category of food is the richest source of starch (70% of their weight is starch)?
What are seeds - but also includes grains such as wheat, rice, barley, and oats.
200
Risotto is traditionally made with white rice, specifically Arborio rice. In our lab, what did we substitute for rice in order to make the dish a more complex carbohydrate meal?
What is barley
200
This simple sugar is metabolized completely in the liver?
What is fructose
200
This form of measurement factors in both the glycemic index of a food as well as the amount of the food you are consuming in order to determine how your body will digest and use the carbohydrates
What is glycemic load
300
Which three simple sugars are categorized as monosaccharides?
What are glucose, fructose and galactose
300
This type of fiber dissolves in water and slows the movement of food through the digestive tract
What is soluble fiber
300
For our sticky toffee pudding, we used Medjool dates that acted as a natural sweetener and source of sugar. Aside from being high in both glucose and fructose, what other carbohydrate are dates high in?
What is fiber
300
The more processing a food goes through, the _________ it is for our body to digest
What is easier
300
The GI of a food gives you an idea of how your body will metabolize the carbohydrates in that food. Lower GI foods help keep the body's blood sugar constant and sustained. This sustained blood sugar level is referred to as what?
What is glucose homeostasis
400
The disaccharide 'sucrose' is made up of what two simple sugar monosaccharides?
What are glucose and fructose
400
Considered a resistant starch, this polysaccharide is a long-chain structure of glucose molecules. It typically makes up 20-30% of starch.
What is amylose
400
This carbohydrate rich food, used in our Moroccan soup, is extremely high in fiber - approximately 2 cups will give you your entire daily recommended intake
What is chickpeas
400
DAILY DOUBLE: When there is an excess of glucose in the bloodstream, the pancreas releases what enzyme to increase glucose absorption and storage?
What is insulin
400
There are several factors that can affect the GI of different foods such as ripeness and storage time. The more ripe a food or the higher the storage time of a food does what to the food's GI?
What is increases - example: fruit
500
Sugar disaccharides must go through what process to change into simple sugars (monosaccharides) before they can be absorbed?
What is hydrolysis
500
There are 3 parts of whole grains. Which part of a whole grain contains fiber?
What is the bran - the outer layer
500
In the film "The Secrets of Sugar", how many teaspoons of sugar were said to be consumed by Canadians each day?
What is 26
500
Where in the body does the majority of starch digestion occur?
What is the small intestine
500
Without adequate carbohydrates, fat is metabolized to meet energy requirements. An extreme lack of carbohydrates turns the body from a carb burning 'machine' to a fat burning 'machine'. This condition is referred to as what?