Chapter 5 nutrition
70 and 100 mg/dl
A healthy individual maintains a blood glucose level between
4
Carbohydrates provide on average _____ calories per gram
25
The Daily Value for fiber used on food labels is ___ grams
True
The FDA permits non-nutritive (artificial) sweeteners or any food product that has 5 or fewer calories per serving to be labeled as containing "0" calories (true/false)
45%-65%
The Food and Nutrition Board recommends that ____ to ____ of daily calories come from carbohydrates
True
The RDA for carbohydrate for individuals 1 year and older is 130 g/day, which is enough to prevent ketosis (true/false)
True
The amount of glycogen stored depends on activity level (true/false)
The color of the food
The classification of carbohydrates depends on all of the following except
True
The main fuel source for cells is glucose (true/false)
Glucose, fructose, galactose
The most common monosaccharides are
Saccharin
The oldest artificial sweetener on the market is _______
True
All disaccharides contain glucose (true/false)
Levulose
Another name for fructose is ______
Dextrose
Another name for glucose is _____
Amylopectin
Approximately 80% of the digestible starches in the diet are
False
Fiber has 4 calories per gram. true/false
True
Fiber improves glucose tolerance by delaying the movement of carbohydrate into the small intestine. (true/false)
False
Fiber is digestible (true/false)
Photosynthesis
Plants create the carbohydrates in foods through a process called _________
cellulose
Functional fiber doesn't include _____
Muscles, liver
Glycogen is stored in
Prevents diverticular disease
Health benefits associated with soluble fiber doesn't include
True
Large quantities of pure galactose do not naturally exist (true/false
True
Oligosaccharides are considered dietary fiber. (true/false)
Beer
The product that is most likely to contain maltose is ____
Amylose, amylopectin
The two digestible starches are
glucagen, insulin
The two hormones that regulate blood sugar levels are
Type 2 diabetes
This type of diabetes is due mainly to hereditary and lifestyle factors
type 1 diabetes
This type of diabetes is due to an autoimmune disease
Liver failure
What is not a complication of diabetes