Exam 5: Carbohydrates

Humans can digest a carbohydrate if the glucose bond is ________.

Sorbitol, mannitol, and xylitol are nutritive sweeteners used in sugarless gum and candies.

Maintaining one's ideal body weight is a good means of decreasing risk of type 2 diabetes.

Monosaccharides are absorbed by an active absorption process.

Which of the following dietary fibers are classified as soluble fibers?

List 3 examples of non-nutritive sweeteners.

What does the term "functional fiber" mean?

Insoluble fiber is readily metabolized into acids and gases by bacteria in the large intestine.

While _________ suppresses gluconeogenesis, ____________ increases glycogen breakdown.

Sorbitol is ________.

During the inflammatory phase of diverticulitis, treatment includes antibiotics and a diet that is ________.

Raffinose and stachyose are examples of polysaccharides.

The most common type of diabetes mellitus is ________.

Which of the following combinations of foods would provide the most dietary fiber?

Individuals with lactose maldigestion can usually tolerate small amounts of ________.

Three important disaccharides are ________.

What foods do individuals with phenylketonuria (PKU) need to avoid?

In the production of alcoholic beverages, maltose is formed from cereal grains because of the ________.

A sugar not commonly found free in nature that combines with glucose to form the disaccharide lactose is ________.

The Adequate Intake for dietary fiber is set at 14g/1000kcal.