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What are the main source of food for most of the world?
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Carbs
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Carbs consist chemically of--
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Carbon
Oxygen
Hydrogen
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Each type of carb entering the body will eventually be converted to ________.
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Glucose
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Simple carbs are simpler therefore are _______.
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Digested faster
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Simple carbs - two types--
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Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
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Monosaccharide
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Glucose
Fructose
Galactose
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Glucose is medically referred to as
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Dextrrose
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Glucose is--
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An essential energy source for all body activities
C6-H12-O6
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Fructose--
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Sweetest of all sugar
common in fruits and honey
used in food processing
C6H12O6 but a different structure
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Galactose--
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Forms with glucose to make lactose (disaccharide in milk)
C6H12O6 also, but different structure
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Disaccharides--
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Maltose
Sucrose
Lactose
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Maltose--
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2 Glucose
byproduct of starch digestion
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Sucrose
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Fructose + glucose
table sugar
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Lactose
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Galactose + glucose
milk sugar
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Complex Carbs
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-combinations of different monosaccharides which need more time to be broken down
-Polysaccharides
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