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Do proteins and alcohol offer any advantage to the body as fuel ?
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No.
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What does the brain and nervous system depend on almost exclusively as a source for fuel ?
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Carbohydrates
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Do fats provide fuel ?
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Somewhat, but not normally used for brain and nervous system
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What are dietary carbohydrates?
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Simple sugars, starch, and fiber
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What is another word for simple sugars?
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Carbohydrates
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What are the two types of simple sugars?
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Monosaccharides & Dissaccharides
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What is the chemist view of starch and fiber?
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Polysaccharides
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What are the three types of monosaccharides?
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Glucose, fructose, and galactose
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What is insulin's role with glucose?
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Moves glucose from blood to cells, cells use glucose for fuel
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What is glucagon's role with glucose ?
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Brings glucose out of storage
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Which carbohydrate do the brain and nervous system rely on exclusively ?
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Glucose
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What are the two mose common monosaccharides in nature?
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Glucose and fructose
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Galactose is...
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Primarily occurs as apart of lactose, known as milk sugar, and freed from lactose as single sugar during digestion
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What are the three types of disaccharides ?
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Sucrose, lactose, and maltose
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What do enzymes do with disaccharides during digestion ?
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They split disaccharides into two monosaccharides
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