NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Blood Sugar, World Health Organization
14 Apr 2013
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Only what was talked about in class. Means hydrated carbon; consists of carbon hydrogen and oxygen; cho means carbohydrate. Also found in foods that are not found in the food groups. Meat fish poultry and fats have no carbs. Eggs and cheese have very little cho. Suffix ose means sugar ( glucose, fructose, dextrose) Saccharide = sugar molecule (mono, di, poly) Glucose: most abundant sugar in our diet; good energy source; found naturally. Fructose: sweetest sugar; found in fruit; found naturally. Galactose: does not occur alone in foods; binds with glucose to form lactose; not found alone in nature; Maltose: glucose + glucose (join in food to form starch; by product of fermentation of grains; beer and wine) Sucrose: glucose + fructose ( found in sugar cane, and honey; table sugar), most common disaccharide. Endosperm: makes up 83% of kernel, energy storage, all starch. Provide structure to the leaves, stems and seeds of plants.
