NTRI 2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Corn Flakes, Vo2 Max, Amylase

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Complex carbohydrates: apple, potato, corn (only contain complex carbohydrates: bread can possibly be just one complex carbohydrates. If you eat complex and simple carbohydrates, when they get through the digestive track, they all end up as glucose. Monosaccharide (no foods are 100% monosaccharides: glucose stored as glycogen, fructose = usually found in fruit, liver then converts it to glucose (sweetest, galactose = lactose (dairy products) If you need fast energy you want to consume simple carbohydrates so it can be quickly utilized by the body (sucrose). For longer lasting exercise bouts starches would be best to consume: maltodextrin powder: glucose polymer to provide the longer lasting energy that is digested faster than amylopectin (because its smaller) So that you do not fatigue as quickly because your blood sugar is maintained. Muscle glycogen: contributes glucose only for muscle. Indigestible and provides no calories: do not want to consume fiber while working out (gi discomfort)

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