Simple Carbohydrates
Your body uses Carbohydrates for this.
What is energy?
An example of a complex carbohydrate is.
starch, fiber, cellulose
This category of Carbohydrates taste sweeter.
What are Simple Carbohydrates?
What do diabetics have to monitor frequently?
What is blood sugar/blood glucose levels?
What is often the result of Gestational Diabetes?
The baby will often be above average weight due to extra glucose during the pregnancy.
An example of a simple carbohydrate is.
What is glucose, fructose, lactose etc...?
These are the three elements that make up a carbohydrate. Remember, two of them are combined to come up with the name carbohydrate.
What is Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen?
Fructose is the sweetest sugar. True or False.
True
Insufficient production of this hormone causes diabetes.
What is insulin?
What are two complications of untreated diabetes?
Heart disease, kidney disease, eye disease, nerve damage.
Disaccharides are simple carbohydrates. True or false?
True!
Polysaccharides contain just two molecules. True or False
False
Table sugar that is typically added to coffee has this chemical name.
What is sucrose?
People typically find out they have type 1 diabetes before what age?
Before the age of 30.
Name 3 symptoms associated with diabetes
Unusual thirst, frequent urination, weight change, fatigue/lack of energy, blurred vision, frequent/recurring infections, cuts and bruises that are slow to heal, tingling/numbness in the hands/feet.
The sugar found in milk is called.
Photosynthesis produces oxygen and this.
What is Glucose?
Potatoes will test positive in ___________ test.
(Benedict's or Iodine)
What is an Iodine?
Simple carbohydrates travel directly into your blood and can be used almost immediately for energy. True or False
True
Name 3 risk factors for diabetes.
When combined, glucose and fructose make this molecule.
What is sucrose?
Complex carbohydrates provide a quick boost of energy compares to simple carbohydrates. True or False?
False
The name of the chemical reaction that links two monomers together. What is removed in the process?
What is Dehydration Synthesis, which removes a water molecule?
What are two main difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
1) Type 1 diabetes occurs when your immune system attacks insulin-making cells while type 2 the pancreas stops producing as much/any insulin. 2)Type 1 diabetes is unpreventable while many factors contribute to the risk of type 2.
3) Type 2 diabetics may be resistant to insulin, requiring more to allow glucose into the cells
Insulin from your pancreas takes excess glucose and converts it into this, so it can be used later to give your body energy.
What is glycogen?