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CARBOHYDRATES/FATS/PROTEIN/TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS
CARBOHYDRATES
1. What is one function of carbohydrates?
2. What do carbohydrates convert into for our bodies to use it?
3. What category of carbohydrates is made up of single or double chemical units, easy to digest and supply
short lived energy?
4. List two additional nutrients complex carbohydrates provide.
5. List and define 3 sugars.
6. What one function of Dietary Fiber?
7. List three food sources of carbohydrates.
8. What is the term for sugars that are extracted from plants and used to sweeten other foods?
9. What is meant by the term empty-calories?
10. Where is lactose found?
11. Unused carbohydrates can be converted into ___________.
12. Glycogen is stored in the ____________ and _____________.
13. Calculate the calories: How many calories from carbohydrates are consumed
in 2 serving of creamy peanut butter?
14. Calculate the sugars: How many teaspoons of sugar are in 2 servings
of creamy peanut butter?
FATS
1. What are 3 functions of fat.
2. List 4 types of fatty acids and give 1 source of each?
3. Fat is needed to carry which vitamins through the body?
4. What is cholesterol? Why do our bodies need cholesterol?
5. How many of our daily calories should come from fat?
6. What are the 2 types of cholesterol? Which one is bad and why?
7. What process creates Trans fats? Why are Trans fats a concern?
8. List 1 example of visible and 1 example of invisible fat.
9. Using the creamy peanut butter label, how many calories from fat are in one serving?
PROTEIN
1. List 3 functions of Protein.
2. What are “essential” amino acids? How many are there?
3. What is the difference between complete proteins and incomplete proteins?
4. A food that has all 9 amino acids is called a _____?
5. How can incomplete proteins be made useful to the body?
6. List 2 sources of protein.
7. What happens to excess amount of protein?
8. __________ are proteins that fight invaders such as the flu.
9. __________ are proteins that aid in chemical reactions, such as digestion.
10. How many amino acids are made in the body?
11. How many calories does 1 gram of protein provide?
12. Using the creamy peanut butter label, how many calories from protein are in one serving?