BIO 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Tunxis Community College, Pectin, Sucralose
6 Jan 2021
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Used to be used in soft drinks, diet coke, pepsi, etc. Non nutritive, un digestive, contribute no calories whatsoever. Fructose + glucose molecule with a little chlorine. Chlorine isn"t digestible which is what makes it a non nutritive. Not really natural, it is extracted + babalababa to become stevia. The general recommendation is: 5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day. Cannot be digested by human enzymes in the gi tract; prevents the small intestine from absorbing the sugars. It"s composed of carbohydrates cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, gums, and mucilages; non-carbohydrate lignin. The in-take for women is 25g, men 38 a day; at least 14g per 1000 kcal. [notes on artificial sweeteners] simple sugars -- limit (added) sugars to 10% - upper limit 25% of calories. Commercial names for added sugar (names you"ll see listed on the ingredients lists of food products or used in recipes for cooking): sucrose (or table sugar) - 50 glucose:50 fructose.
