vocab
The most abundant sugar in foods and the primary energy source for your body.
Glucose or maltose
Glucose
The storage form of glucose in plants.
glycogen or starch
starch
When digestion of lactose results in symptoms such as nausea, cramps,bloating, and diarrhea.
hormones or lactose intolerant
lactose intolerant
in grains, the seed of the grain kernel.
whole grain or germ
germ
Calories that come with little nutrition.
empty calories or candy
empty calories
A process by which green plants create carbohydrates using the energy form sunlight.
photosynthesis or chlorophyll
photosynthesis
The storage form of glucose in humans and animals.
fiber or glycogen
glycogen
The hormone, produced in and released from the pancreas.
hormones or insulin
insulin
Grain foods that are made with the entire edible grain kernel.
whole grains or germ
whole grains
Autoimmune form of diabetes in which the pancreas does not produce insulin.
Type 1 diabetes or type 2
type 1
A category of carbohydrates that contain a single sugar unit or two sugar units combined.
poysaccharide or simple carbohydrates
simple carbohydrates
A type of fiber that dissolves in water and is fermented by intestinal bacteria.
insoluble fiber or soluble fiber
soluble fiber
The condition of increased ketone bodies in the blood.
Ketosis or glucagon
ketosis
refined grain foods that have folic acid, iron, in it.
enriched grains or whole grains
enriched grains
Form of diabetes characterized by insulin resistance
type 1 or type 2 diabetes
type 2
The sweetest of the monosaccharides, also know as fruit sugar
Maltose or fructose
fructose
A disaccharide composed of glucose and glucose also know as milk sugar.
lactose or sucrose
lactose
The by products of the incomplete breakdown of fat.
ketone bodies or glucagon
ketone bodies
sugars that are added to processed foods and sweets.
added sugars or natural sugar
added sugar
alternatives to table sugar that sweeten foods for fewer calories,
sugar substitutes or natural sugar
sugar substitutes
simple carbohydrates or complex carbohydrates
complex carbohydrates
A type of fiber that doesn't dissolve in water and is not fermented by intestinal bacteria,
insoluble fiber or soluble fiber
insoluble fiber
The indigestible outer shell of the grain.
bran or germ
bran
Sugars such as frutose and lactose that are found naturally in fruit and dairy foods.
empty calories or naturally occurring sugars
naturally occurring sugars
Is November Diabetes awareness month?
yes or no
yes