Good Fats? Bad Fats?
Choose one good fat and one bad fat as identified in your course text or in other resources.
Provide 2 -3 food sources for each of your good and bad fats.
Describe how fats are digested and where they are absorbed. Explain what determines whether a fat is a good fat or a bad fat. What role does covalent bonding play in whether a fat is identified as good or bad?
Describe some of the consequences associated with the overconsumption of bad fats.
What did you learn that you did not know before? In what way will it influence the food choices you make now?
Choose one good carbohydrate and one bad carbohydrate
Identify two food sources that you eat that contain a bad carbohydrate.
Describe how carbohydrates are digested and where they are absorbed. Explain what determines whether a carbohydrate is a good carbohydrate or a bad carbohydrate. What does the identification of a carbohydrate as a monosaccharide, disaccharide, or polysaccharide have to do with whether it is classified as good or bad?
Describe some of the consequences associated with the overconsumption of bad carbohydrates.
What did you learn that you did not know before? In what way will it influence the food choices you make now?
Use scientific sources to research your topic. Random websites may provide inadequate or false scientific information. Your credibility depends on the credibility of your references.