| A | B |
|---|
| NATURE OF CARBOHYDRATES | RELATION TO ENERGY, CLASSES OF CARBS, |
| RELATION TO ENERGY | BASIC FOOD SOURCE, ENERGY-PRODUCTION SYSTEM, PRACTICAL DIETARY IMPORTANCE |
| CLASSES OF CARBS | MONOSACCHARIDES, DISACCHARIDES, POLYSACCHARIDES |
| MONOSACCHARIDES | GLUCOSE, FRUCTOSE, GALACTOSE |
| DISACCHARIDES | SUCROSE, LACTOSE, MALTOSE |
| POLYSACCHARIDES | STARCH, GLYCOGEN, DIETARY FIBER |
| FUNCTIONS OF CARBS | PRIMARY ENERGY FUNCTION, SPECIAL TISSUE FUNCTIONS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| PRIMARY ENERGY FUNCTION | BASIC FUEL SUPPLY, RESERVE FUEL SUPPLY |
| SPECIAL TISSUE FUNCTIONS | LIVER, PROTEIN & FAT, HEART,CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| FOOD SOURCES OF CARBS | STARCHES, SUGARS |
| DIGESTION OF CARBS | MOUTH, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINE |
| SMALL INTESTINE | PANCREATIC SECRETIONS, INTESTINAL SECRETIONS |
| BODY NEEDS FOR CARBS | DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES (DRI'S), US DIETARY GUIDELINES |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | PROCESS BY WHICH PLANTS CONTAINING CHLOROPHYLL ARE ABLE TO MANUFACTURE CARBOHYDRATE BY COMBINING CO2, FROM AIR AND WATER FROM SOIL |
| SACCHARIDE | CHEMICAL NAME FOR SUGAR MOLECULES |
| SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES | SUGARS WITH A SIMPLE STRUCTURE OF ONE OR TWO SINGLE SUGAR UNITS |
| COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES | LARGER, MORE COMPLEX MOLECULES OF CARBOHYDRATES COMPOSED OF MANY SUGAR UNITS |
| SORBITOL | A SUGAR ALCOHOL FORMED IN MAMMALS FROM GLUCOSE AND CONVERTED TO FRUCTOSE |
| ENZYME | SPECIFIC PROTEINS PRODUCED IN CELLS THAT DIGEST OR CHANGE SPECIFIC NUTRIENTS IN SPECIFIC CHEMICAL REACTIONS WITHOUT BEING CHANGED THEMSELVES IN THE PROCESS |
| PORTAL | AN ENTRANCE OR GATEWAY OF THE BODY |
