Carbohydrates Ch.5

These cards are for my up coming test in principles of nutrition. They are one the unit involving carbs as well as fiber.

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Carbohydrates Should Compose Greater Than What Percent Of Dietary Calories?

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Carbohydrates should compose greater than what percent of dietary calories?	50% of dietary calories
Carbohyrates come primarily from what sources?	Plant sources
How are carbs classified?	Classified by molecule size
What are the three classifications of carbohydrates?	Mono, Di, and Poly-saccharide
What is our most essential carbohydrate?	Glucose is the essential carbohydrate
List some important Monosaccharides.	Glucose, Galactose, Fructose, Sugar Alcohols, and Pentoses
Why are Monosaccharides classified as hexose?	Because each is a six carbon sugar.
Which is the most abundant Monosaccharide?	Glucose
List some important Disaccharides.	Maltose, Sucrose, Isomaltose, and Lactose.
Disaccharides contain how many Monsaccharides?	Two (di means two)
How many Carbons molecules do each of the monosaccharides contain?	6 carbon molecules
How many hydrogen molecules do each of the monosaccharides contain?	12 Hydrogen molecules
How many oxygen molecules do each of the monosaccharides contain?	6 oxygen molecules
Most glucose is not consumed as the free what?	Monosaccharide
Why are both Monosaccharides and Disaccharides referred to as "simple sugars"?	Because they contain only 1 or 2 sugar units.