Carbohydrates

Carbohydrate is a ________________ that is needed by all animals.

What are the main functions of carbohydrate in the body?

• To make the body grow and repair the body

• To insulate the body and to keep it warm

• To allow the body the body to absorb vitamins

• To give the body energy and to help the body get rid of waste products

They are two groups of carbohydrate ____________ and _________________

Complex carbohydrates can be found in ________________

• Starch for example pasta

• Lactose for example milk

• Fructose for example honey

• Glucose for example ripe fruits

Sugar carbohydrates can be found in _________________

• Glucose for example ripe fruits

• Fructose for example fruits and honey

• Sucrose for example sugar produced from sugar cane and beet

• All of the above

If we are deficient in carbohydrate we will suffer from_____________

• Weight gain

• An increase in energy

• Weight loss

• An inability to absorb vitamins K E A D

One gram of carbohydrate will provide___________ of energy.

• 7.7kcals/32kj

• 3.37kcals/16kj

• 30kcals/60kj

• 1kcals/5kj

If insufficient levels of carbohydrate has been eaten, the level of ____________________ in the blood will drop and the cells throughout the body will not have enough energy.

If your diet contains more carbohydrate than the body needs the body will convert this into__________

• sugar and this will be stored in the body

• protein and this will be stored in the body

• fat and this will be stored in the body

• minerals and they will be stored in the body

It is recommended that most of the carbohydrate in our diets should come from___________________

• Complex carbohydrate for example starch

• Sugar carbohydrate for example fructose