Basics
What is a carbohydrate?
sugars, starches, and dietary fiber that occur in plant foods and dairy products.
Where is soluble fiber found?
Found in oats, legumes and the inner part of fruits and some vegetables.
What are two main types of fiber?
soluble and insoluble
An excess amount of this can increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes
An excess amount of this can increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes
Happens when the body produces large amounts of ketones
Ketosis
What is the role of a carbohydrate?
Provide energy
How does Insoluble Fiber help the body?
Alleviates Constipation
Found in whole grains and helps things move quicker through the digestive track
insoluble fiber
your body will use alternative methods to produce energy and fuel your brain in what circumstances?
When your on a low carb diet or your food is scarce
These are the primary fuel source for the brain during times of starvation
Ketones
This is a stored form of glucose
glycogen
What is dietary fiber?
Not broken down into Glucose, passes through the body undigested.
What type of fiber helps protect against digestive tract diseases?
Insoluble
What happens to most of the carbohydrates in the food you eat?
They are digested and broken down into glucose
This process converts carbohydrates into the fuel molecule ATP
Cellular respiration