NUTR 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Corn Syrup, Blood Sugar, Galactose

• School: CSULB
• Department: Nutrition and Dietetics
• Course: NUTR 132
• Professor: B Dekofsky

Document Summary

Carbohydrates: our most important energy source, provide 4 kcal per gram, glycogen . Is a carbohydrate made of multiple glucose molecules i. ii. iii. Synthesized (and stored) in the liver and muscles: figure 4-2: monosaccharides, simple sugar units, glucose ii. Fructose: galactose, glucose, major monosaccharide in the body, six-carbon, usually exists in a ring form c. d, digestion of starches and sucrose, source of fuel for cells. In table sugar bonded to fructose; also known as dextrose. In bloodstream, called blood sugar or blood glucose: fructose (fruit sugar, component of the disaccharide sucrose b, converted into glucose in the liver. In fruit, honey, and high-fructose corn syrup (hfcs: galactose, component of lactose, converted to glucose in the liver, not commonly found in nature, figure 4-3: disaccharides, disaccharides. Lactose: glucose + galactose: maltose: glucose + glucose, disaccharides, class of sugars formed by chemical bonding of two monosaccharides, also known as simple sugars, sucrose (glucose + fructose) i.