Human nutrition

Starch

Polysaccharide/ storage form of glucose for plants/ insoluable

Glucose (dextrose)

Single, simple sugar/ monosaccharide/ soluble

Fructose

Fruit Sugar/ monosaccharide: sweetest monosaccharide

Galactose

Milk sugar/ monosaccharide

Lactose

Galactose/ Glucose- disaccharide

Maltose

two glucose units - disaccharide (from starch)

sucrose

Glucose/ Fructose - disaccharide

Where does blood deliver all products of digestion first?

Liver

Most important monosaccharide in the human body?

Glucose

How do animals store glucose

in liver and muscle tissue sin the form of glycogen

Glycogen

longer and more branched chains than starch/ undetectable in meat

Fiber

most are polysacchardies- indigestible by humans

Fermentation

form of anaerobic(no O2) breakdown that produces fat fragments for human colon to absorb

what three nutrients provide energy to the body

carbs, fats, proteins

where do blood cells get energy

glucose

what 2 sugars make up purified refined sugar

sucrose or fructose

What do soluble fiber best do?

modulate blood glucose and insulin levels