Assignment
Willy Ben Chen
TextBookQuestions.docxCarbohydrates
http://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/humannutrition2/
Chapter Four: Carbohydrates Lab
1. Rate Your Plate exercise
Part 1 : Estimate Your Fiber Intake
2. Label the two diagrams attached to the assignment
- Carbohydrate Concept Map and Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption.
- Carbohydrate Digestion- label the organ AND describe the function of that organ.
* Please note that the diagrams are jpg. pictures, so the simplest process to complete labeling is to print it, write in the boxes provided and then scan the documents as a jpg or PDF file.
Carbohydrates are the best source of energy available to the body. Please read the section on simple sugars carefully. Simple sugars are monosaccharides and disaccharides. They are sweeteners like table sugar, fructose, lactose, etc. Complex carbohydrates are found in whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Remember that " Bread is the staff of life". The phrase is not talking about Wonder White Bread dense carbs and energy dense carbs.
