Gums as Food Additives
Complex Carbs - Gum/Pectin
Nutritional Impacts Sugar
Complex Carbs - Starches/Cellulose
Carbohydrates and the Body
100
This additive is used to create a gel?
What is alginate
100
Both of these are used as gelling agents, thickeners, and stabilizers.
What is gums and pectins.
100
This is the fuel for bacteria that cause cavities.
What is sugar.
100
Your brain needs this type of carbohydrate to function.
What is Glucose.
100
Simple carbs give the body a quick source of this?
What is energy
200
This gum can be used as a chocolate substitute because of its sweetening ability.
What is locust bean or carob bean gum.
200
These are extracted from plants.
What are gums?
200
This is a disease in which a body can not produce or respond to insulin.
What is diabetes.
200
A main function of complex carbohydrates in food is to do what?
What is provide structure, bind, or thicken.
200
Sweet drinks are not as thirst quenching because this part of them are needed to help break down sugar.
What is water.
300
This gum is used as a likable adhesive.
What is Gum Arabic
300
This is found naturally in fruit.
What is pectin.
300
What hormone is regulated by sugar intake?
What is insulin.
300
The starches that our body is unable to break down are known as?
What is fiber.
300
Carbohydrates are helpful to the human body because they are the bodies?
What is main energy source.
400
What gum additive is derived from fermentation of glucose, sucrose, or lactose?
What is Xanthan Gum
400
To release pectin you need to apply heat, acid, and what?
What is sugar.
400
The act of continually ingesting sugar, and not getting enough physical exercise results solely in what?
What is weight gain.
400
Skipping this meal can cause your body to slow down, and cause trouble concentrating.
What is breakfast.
400
Processed foods are filled with carbohydrates, but are bad for you because they lack this.
What is nutritional value.
500
What gum additive is derived from red seaweed and helps us thicken soy milk, emulsify yogurt, and clarify beer?
What is carrageenan
500
Gums help maintain what sort of texture in food products?
What is smooth.
500
Limiting screen time, not putting a TV in child's room, and eating as a family can greatly reduce this.
What is child obesity.
500
High levels of ketones (fat released from fat cells) can cause damage to what organ?
What are kidneys.
500
This gastrointestinal issue is caused when your body takes in more lactose than can be digested by the body.
What is lactose intolerance.
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