Carbohydrates
1. Which carbohydrates are described as simple and which are complex?
2. What type of carbohydrate are the following? Label the following structures.
3. Name the three disaccharides commonly found in foods and their component monosaccharides. In what foods are these sugars found?
4. What happens in a condensation reaction? In a hydrolysis reaction?
5. Describe the structure of polysaccharides and name the ones important in nutrition. How are starch and glycogen similar and how do they differ? How do the fibers differ from the other polysaccharides?
10. Label the following structures
6. Describe carbohydrate digestion and absorption. What role does fiber play in the process?
7. What are the possible fates of glucose in the body? What is the protein-sparing action of carbohydrate?