Nutrition Questions

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