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Also known as...
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The letter G
100
The process of making food absorbable by dissolving it and breaking it down into simpler chemical compounds that occurs in the living body through physical actions and chemical action of enzymes secreted into the alimentary canal
What is digestion?
100
Quickly absorbed by the body to produce energy (or become stored as fat), these sugars contain only one or two units of sugars or saccharides.
What is a simple sugar?
100
Many ingredients that end in "ose" are forms of sugar. Name 2. Double your score: Name 5
What is: sucrose, dextrose, maltose, fructose, lactose, glucose
100
The USDA suggests limiting sugar consumption to 10 teaspoons per day. How many grams of sugar are in 10 teaspoons? Double your score: How many calories are in 10 teaspoons.
What is 40 grams? 1 teaspoon = 4 grams 10 teaspoons (10 x 4 grams per teaspoon) =40 grams. 40 grams @ 4 calories per gram = 40 x 4 or 160 calories
100
also known as" blood sugar" -the form in which sugar circulates in your blood, providing energy to all the cells in your body
What is glucose?
200
The digestion of carbohydrates begins here where through the actions of chewing and salivary enzymes, some starches are broken down to sugars.
What is the mouth?
200
Sugar extracted from beets or sugar cane and processed to remove impurities
What is refined sugar?
200
"Roughage", the undigestible carbohydrate that may lower cholesterol, provide a feeling of "fullness" and promote healthy digestion and excretion.
What is fiber?
200
To lose one pound of body fat, you must burn 3,500 calories more than you eat. If you burn an extra 500 calories per day, how long will it take to lose one pound of body fat?
What is one week? 3,500/500 calories per day = 7 days or 1 week.
200
This is the storage form of sugar. Your body can store approximately 3/4 lb of this form of sugar in your muscles and liver.
What is glycogen?
300
Protein digestion begins here_________ with the action of enzymes; pepsin breaks down some proteins into polypeptides. DOUBLE YOUR SCORE: The undigested proteins that enter the _______ are digested by trypsin (another enzyme) into polypeptides. TRIPLE YOUR SCORE: The end products of protein digestion are________ _______ which can be absorbed and used to build other proteins- muscles, skin, hair, and antibodies to fight infection.
What is : stomach small intestine amino acids
300
Fructose, glucose, galactose
What are examples of simple sugars?
300
Ascorbic Acid
What is the chemical name for Vitamin C?
300
A 12 ounce can of Coke contains 160 calories including 38 grams of sugar. At 4 calories per gram of sugar, how many calories in this can of Coke come from sugar?
What is 158?
300
Oats, wheat, rice, corn, barley, buckwheat, quinoa and millet are examples of this source of complex carbohydrates
What are grains?
400
Wave like contraction of the smooth muscles in the digestive tract that moves the contents of your digestive tract along.
What is Peristalsis?
400
Function of sugars and starches in the diet
What is "provide energy"?
400
Foods that provide energy (calories) and very little, if any, nutritional value. (Candy, cookies, sweets, chips)
What are empty calories?
400
An 8 ounce glass of OJ contains 110 calories and 22 grams of sugar. How many of the calories in OJ come from sugar?
What is 88 calories?
400
A dip made from spiced and mashed Avocado, a superfood and excellent source of healthful fats, vitamins, and minerals.
What is guacamole?
500
Digested, a gram of carbohydrate yields ____ calories; a gram of protein yields _____ calories, and a gram of fat yields ______ calories. Double your score: A gram of alcohol yields _____ calories
What is: Carbs yield 4 calories per gram, proteins yield 4, fats yield 9 and alcohol yields 7 calories per gram.
500
Sugar my be stored in the muscles and liver in this form.
What is glycogen?
500
Pinto beans, black beans, pink beans, chickpeas, split peas and lentils are examples of this classification of food.
What are legumes? (also called "Pulses")
500
A Starbucks Caramel Frappucino contains 64 grams of sugar. Compute the number of calories that are derived from sugar. Double your score. Compute the number of teaspoons of sugar in this drink.
What is 256 calories(64 x 4) and 18 teaspoons of sugar (64/4)
500
Simple sugars, sources of "empty calories"--name any simple sugar products that begin with the letter G :-)
What are gummy bears, gum drops, gushers, gobstoppers, good & plenty? Other candy names OK.
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