NUTR 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Glycogen, Neotame, Fructose

• School: University of Utah
• Department: Nutrition, Division of
• Course: NUTR 1020
• Professor: Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham

Document Summary

Taste and sweetness of sucrose make it the benchmark which all other sweeteners are compared from. High fructose corn syrup: nutritive sweetener used in many foods. Caloric sweeteners added to foods during processing and preparation. Example: hfcs, sugar, cane juice, cane sugar, honey, malt syrup, fruit juice. Americans consume about 20 tsps of added sugar per day. Acids from sugar remove the enamel and underlying structure from the tooth. Eventually the tooth will get cavities and decay. Plaque adheres acid- producing bacteria to teeth and diminishes enamel. Synthetic sugar substitutes- derived from naturally occurring substances, including herbs and sugar itself. Alternative sweeteners range from hundreds to thousands times more sweet. 300 grams of carbs when consuming 2000 calorie diet. The glucose form body proteins, draining the pool of amino acids available in cells for other critical functions. Long time starvation= continue withdrawal of proteins from vital organs and result in weakness, poor function, and even failure of body systems.