Carbohydrates+and+Lactose+CC

Carbohydrates p. 28-29
What is the function of carbohydrates in the human body? Carbohydrates function for easy and short-term energy storage.

What is the structure of a simple sugar? A simple sugar, or a monosaccharide, is a 5 or 6 carbon sugar.

What is the structure of a complex carboydrate? A complex carbohydrate, or a Polusaccharide, contains many units of glucose. Starch and glycogen are forms of glucose.

What is starch? Starch is made up of up to 4000 glucose units with some, but not many branches of the main chain. Some examples of food with a large amount of starch include potatoes, cake, and bread. After eating starch, glucose enters the blood stream and that is when the liver stores glucose as glycogen.

What is glycogen? Glycogen is stored glucose from starch by the liver.

What is cellulose? Cellulose is found in the cell walls of plants. Where are unable to break down the chain that makes up cellulose, so it passes out of our systems as a fiber.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a low carbohydrate diet? Fiber includes many different kinds of nondigestable carbs from plants. Many of these undigestable carbs are very rich in nutrition. For example, beans, peas, nuts fruits, and vegetables. Fiber also prevents constipation. Carbohydrates can be bad for you though because they stick with you easily because they are so easily stored.

Look at the "sweet poison box" on the right side of p. 29. Why are carbs like "poison"? Carbs can be like poison because they are almost addicting. As proven by researchers at John Carroll University, the lab rats had withdrawls from glucose when it was taken away from them.

Lactose (p. 151)
What causes lactose intolerance? What are the symptoms of lactose intolerance? Can you eat dairy products if you are lactose intolerant? Lactose Intolerance is caused by a lack of lactase in one's body, meaning they can't digest lactose. Some of the symptoms include diarrhea, gas, bloating and abdominal cramps after consuming milk or other dairy products.