Food Label
What are 2 reasons it would be important to understand how to read a nutrition label?
(any of these 2)
Allergies, Diet restrictions, to know what you're putting in your body, conditions/diseases
Name all 3 sugars discussed in class AND their nicknames
Glucose - Blood Sugar
Sucrose- Table Sugar
Fructose - Fruit Sugar
When would a sugar substitute be appropriate to include in your diet?
If you're a diabetic
Digestion of this sugar leads to abdominal fat
Fructose
What 2 sugars make up table sugar?
Glucose and Fructose
This government agency regulates food labels with the exception of meat and poultry
FDA (Food & Drug Administration)
This term refers to the stored form of glucose
Glycogen
Which sugar substitute has caused much controversy with the FDA?
Aspartame
The chemical name for sugar ends with ____, & sugar alcohol _____
-ose & -ol
How many teaspoons of sugar are recommended daily for a female/male?
6tsp/9tsp
These 2 values are combined to give you the "total carbohydrate" number
Dietary Fiber & Sugar
This is released in the brain with sugar intake. It can cause addiction
Dopamine
Name 2 sugar substitutes
Aspartame, Sweet n Low, Saccharin, Stevia, Equal, Splenda, Truvia, Sweet Leaf
How are the ingredients ordered on an ingredient label?
In order of predominance
The hormone ______ is produced by your ______
Insulin/Pancreas
What 2 values on a label are measured in mg rather than grams?
Cholesterol & Sodium
This sugar does not trigger an insulin response
Fructose
How is High Fructose Corn Syrup Made?
By converting some of corn syrup's glucose into fructose, thus making a HIGH FRUCTOSE concentration
These substances are added to foods to enhance their quality
Food Additives
Name a difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
(answers vary)
The values of these 4 vitamins & minerals are required on a nutrition label
Vitamins A & C, Calcium & Iron
Name 5 of the negative health consequences mentioned about sugar intake
Brain Fog, Memory Loss, Diabetes, Weight Gain, Aging Skin, Moodiness, Depression, Addiction, Inflammation, Liver Damage, Heart Complications, Cancer, Arthritis, Alzheimers
If any ingredient is found to be unfit for human consumption, how long could it take to be removed from shelves?
10 years
Name 5 of the 6 food additives discussed in class, and researched for our food additives assignment
BHA/BHT, Azodicarbonamide, Food Coloring, RBGH, Brominated Vegetable Oil, Arsenic
Explain the difference in chemical structures for glucose, fructose and sucrose
Fructose and Glucose are monosaccharides (one sugar molecule, Sucrose is a disaccharide (two sugar molecules)