BPK 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Corn Syrup, Maltose, Resistant Starch
14 Dec 2017
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Important energy source for the entire body, especially nerve cells. Fructose: sweetest natural sugar; found in fruit, high-fructose corn syrup. Galactose: doesn"t occur alone in foods; binds with glucose to form lactose simple or complex carbohydrates based on the number of molecules of sugar present simple: contain one or two molecules complex: contain hundreds to thousands of molecules. Simple carbohydrates: referred to as sugars, can either be a monosaccharide (a single sugar molecule) or disaccharide (two molecules of sugar joined together) 6 carbon atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms, 6 oxygen atoms: ribose: five-carbon monosaccharide, very little found in the foods we eat; body produces it from what we eat, it is contained in our dna and rna. Sucrose: glucose + fructose; sweeter than lactose and maltose: honey, maple syrups, fruits, and vegetables. Plants make one type of carbohydrate, glucose, through the process of photosynthesis. Glucose, fructose, and galactose are monosaccharides; lactose, maltose, and sucrose are disaccharides.
