Elements
Carbohydrates are hydrophilic
True or False
True
What is the main function of sugar in the body?
Provide Energy
Sugar is the main contributor to what type of condition?
Obesity/Weight Gain
What breaks down sugar in the mouth?
Saliva
What are the 2 types of carbohydrates?
Simple and Complex
What does Glucose convert into that helps our body function?
ATP
Sugar is stored as what in the liver?
Glycogen
In the stomach, the sugar molecules mix with ____ and _____
Digestive enzymes and Stomach acid
What are the 2 types of simple carbohydrates?
Monosaccharides and Disaccharides
About how much ATP does 1 glucose molecule give you?
About 36 ATP
There is a certain amount of glucose the liver can store, what does the excess amount convert into?
What is fat?
What does Lactose break down into?
What is galactose and glucose?
Give 2 examples of monosaccharides and disaccharides
Mono: Glucose, Fructose, Galactose
Di: Lactose, Maltose, Sucrose
When you consume little to no amount of sugar, the condition is known as?
What is hypoglycemia?
What type of condition is most common in relation to sugar? What is the RDA of sugar for men?
What is Diabetes?
men should consume no more than 9 teaspoons (36 g or 150 calories)
Sugar molecules are absorbed in the large intestine
True or False
False.
Absorbed in the small intestine
What is the name of the white stuff we know as sugar? Is it a mono or disaccharide?
Sucrose is a disaccharide.
When there is no source of glucose in the body what does our body do to create energy?
Our body will use stored glucose from the liver or convert fat into ATP molecules
Can sugar speed up the shortening of telomeres that hold genetic information? What condition does this lead to?
Yes, they can.
What is Cellular Aging?
What carbohydrate slows down the digestion of sugar?
What is Fibre?