Carbohydrates
What is the monomer of a carbohydrate?
Monosaccharide (or simple sugar)
The monomer of a lipid
Fatty acid
What is one function of a protein in your body
Enzymes, hormones, part of the cell membrane, hemoglobin, etc...
What is a resistance starch?
A type of starch that is not digested in the small intestine, but gets fermented in the large intestine.
A category of polysaccharide that can cause a spike in blood sugar
Starch
Name any one of the three categories of lipids
Triglyceride, phospholipid, steroid
What is the monomer of a protein?
Amino acid
What are some benefits of eating foods high in fiber?
No spike in blood sugar, good for beneficial bacteria in the gut, reduces risk of colon cancer and type 2 diabetes
A category of polysaccharide that is not broken down easily in the small intestine
Fiber
The type of fat that is liquid at room temp and generally good for your health
Unsaturated fat
What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
Sugar, phosphate, base
Make a diagram showing the process of hydrolysis
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The primary organ responsible for regulating blood sugar
Pancreas
What are trans fats?
Unsaturated fats chemically modified to have fewer double bonds
What are at least 2 examples of nucleic acids?
DNA, RNA, ATP
Make it more tightly compacted and less fluid. Makes it harder/slower for things to move across the membrane.
Make a diagram showing how the pancreas and liver work together to regulate blood sugar.
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Explain why a phospholipid bilayer forms spontaneously in water
It contains instructions for making proteins
"Amylomaize" is a type of corn bred to have very high amylose content and low amylopectin. What affect might eating amylomaize have on your health and why?
Would slow down digestion by adding resistance starch. Amylose lacks side branches, so it is digested more slowly. Feeds gut microbiome and prevents spike in blood sugar.