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What is the name of the sweetest natural sugar that is found in fruits and vegetables? ( page 101)
Maltose
Fructose
Galactose
Sucrose
What is the preferred source of energy for the brain? ( page 101)
Galactose
Maltose
Sucrose
Glucose
What polysaccharide is the storage form of glucose in plants? ( page 102)
Glycogen
Starch
Glucose
Sucrose
What is the name of the starch that is composed of a long polysacchride chain? (page 102)
Fiber
Pectin
Mucilage
Cellullose
What process breaks down fat when carbohydrate intake is inadequate? ( page 105)
Gluconeogenesis
Glycoloysis
Ketosis
What enzyme is secreted into the smll intsetine to help digest starch into maltase? ( page107)
Gastric amylase
Salivary amylase
Pancreatic amylase
What is the name of soluble fiers that dissolve in water that form a gel when wet and are fermentable? ( page 103)
Visous
Pectins
Fructans
Gums
What process allows athletes to increase their storage of muscle glycogen from 2 to 4 times the normal amount?(page 109)
Carbohydrate processing
Carbohydrate storaging
Carbohydrate loading
Carnohydrate saving
What is the condition that is caused in part by tryng to eliminate small hard stools, which weaken the walls causing them to bulge and form pockets? (page 105)
Diverticulosis
Irritable bowel
Chrons disease
Ciliac Disease
What hormone is secreted into the bloodstream by pancreatic cell called beta cells? (page110)
glucose
glucagon
insulin
Which cells in the pancreas secrete the hormone glucagon? ( page 110)
Parietal cells
Beta Cells
Alpha cells
Gastric cells
What is the name of the term that refers to the potential of foods to raise blood glucose? (page 112)
Glycemic index
Glycemic load
Glycemic total
What is the RDA for adults 19 years of age and older? ( page 114)
90 g of carbohydrates per day
120g of carbohydrates per day
100g of carbohydrates per day
130g of carbohydrates per day
What is the most common source of added sugar in the US? ( page 117)
candy
cereal
soft drinks
ice cream
What is the recommended adequate intake of fiber each day? ( page 118)
20g for women,18g for men
25 g for women, 28 g for men
15 g for women, 20 g for men
30g for women, 25 g for men
What are enriched foods? (page 119)
Foods in which nutients are lost during processing and added back
Foods where nutients did not exist orginally and are added back
What is the name of the middle section of a grain and contains most of the carbohdraytes and protein? ( page 118)
bran
germ
endosperm
Which food has the highest source of fiber? ( page 121)
white bread
kidney bean
banana
navy bean
Patients who have PKU phenylketonuria should avoid which artificial sweeteners? ( page 125)
Saccharine
Aspertame
Sucralose
Stevia
What is the name of damage to the small vessels that is a diabetic complication? ( page 131)
Microvascular complications
Macrovasular complications
Select the symptoms of Diabetes type 1? select all ( page 132
excessive thrist
sudden visioin changes
tingling or numbness in the hands or feet
extreme fatique
unexplained weight loss
Which type of diabetes does the body not produce enough insulin/ (page 132)
type 1 diabetes
type 2 diabetes
hypoglcemia
Select the symptoms of metabolic syndrome? ( page 135)
lowered blood pressure
eleveated blood glucose
abdominal obesity
elevated blood pressure
lower blood glucose
What diagnosis does a patient with a FBS of 120 have? (page 134)
Diabetes
Normal
Prediabetes
What additional lab is drawn if a patient has high blood sugar over 3 months? ( page 134)
A1C
Fasting blood glucose
Hematocrit
Hemoglobin
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