- What is the dominant dietary fiber in oats or barley bran?
- What is the recommended daily intake of fiber for men and women between 19 and 50 years old?
- T/F: Retrograded starch is less digestible and hence the term "resistant starch"
- The liver stores about _________ grams or 20% of glycogen
- What is the most notable short chain fatty acid?
- Skeletal muscle stores ____ to ______ grams of glycogen
- T/F: Short-chain fatty acids and or butyrate is the preferred fuel of the cells that line the colon?
- Polysaccharides have how many saccharide units?
- What provides a more accurate and "real life" picture of food by looking at postprandial glycemia?
- When resistant starch reaches the gut, bacteria digest it and we get?
- Humans _____ the necessary enzymes to digest dietary fiber
- Monosaccharides are referred to as __________ carbohydrates and polysaccharides are referred to as ___________ carbohydrates
- What is the most significant polysaccharide in the diet?
- What soluble fiber comes from fruit (any fruit)?
- What are considered to be polysaccharides/complex carbohydrates?
- Dietary carbohydrates and human glycogen have what bonds that make them digestable?
- What are the 3 key nutrients in the diet that come from whole and enriched grains?
- What are the two physiochemical properties of dietary fiber?
- T/F: Current dietary trends in the US are such that about 44% of the carbohydrates consumed are in the form of sugar rather than complex carbohydrates
- The number of ________________ units within the structure of a carbohydrate determines its classification