NUTR100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Short-Chain Fatty Acid, Guar Gum, Blood Sugar

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Condensation and hydrolysis reaction adding water breaks sugar apart, sucrose broken down - broken into fructose and glucose through a hydrolysis reaction condensation - taking away water. take two glucose units, take away water, produce maltose. Mono and disaccharides can be naturally present in foods - mostly in fruits and in some veggies when added to foods - treats and bakings, etc. Bre and other indigestible carbs and partially broken down to make fatty acids and gas, - some excreted in the feces - high bre diet bene cial it wanting to lose weight makes you feel full, Indigestible carbs soluble bre, resistant starch, prebitotics and oligosaccharides produce short-chain fatty acids in large intestine. Fas are fuel sources for cells in colon and micro ora. Regulating blood glucose need to have a steady stream of glucose to survive. 130 g/ day - carbs - needed to supply the brain with glucose.

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