NTR 401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glycosidic Bond, Dietary Fiber
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Is replacing hfcs with sugar the answer? (natural sugar is still consuming high, empty calories) Lactose (galactose + gluc) --beta bond (beta bond: harder to break apart) Oligosaccharides: raffinose and stachyose (result in gas production, cabbage) Polysaccharides: starch and glycogen: polysaccharides: starch. Starch--alpha glycosidic bond (comples, but digestible: amylose straight chain polymer, amylopectin highly branched polymer, polysaccharide: glycogen. Storage form of cho for animals and humans. Dietary fiber: undigested plant food, beta glycosidic bond. Whole grains and legumes: soluble fiber. Digestion of carbohydrate in the mouth: saliva contains amylase, starch is broken down to dextrins and maltose, taste the sweetness with prolonged chewing. Digestion of carbohydrate in the stomach: the acidic environment stops the action of salivary amylase, no further starch digestion occurs. Digestion of carbohydrate in the small intestine: pancreatic amylase is released. Goal: to get to monosaccharides, be absorbed. Amylase: works in mouth, stops in stomach and comes back in pancreas: fructose.