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| A highly digestible complex carbohydrate |
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| Storage form of carbohydrate in your liver and muscle |
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| This complex carbohydrate cannot be digested. |
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| The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage Americans to meet their fiber needs through consuming |
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| fruits, vegetables, whole grains |
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| Which ingredient in Activia® Fiber Probiotic Yogurt is a source of functional fiber? |
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| An advantage of fortifying Mott’s® Fruit Flavored Snacks with soluble corn fiber |
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| It dissolves in water, It does not change the taste, It does not change the texture. |
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| The apple slices in McDonald’s Happy Meals® are peeled. Peeling removes most of the ____________ fiber. |
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| At Thanksgiving dinner, a cup of mashed sweet potatoes packs about 5 grams of ____________ fiber. |
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| This wheat bran cereal is high in ____________ fiber. |
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| A health benefit from consuming the fiber in wheat bran |
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| health benefit from consuming the soluble fiber in oats |
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| decreases cholesterol absorption, slows glucose absorption, slows stomach emptying |
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| Recommended fiber intakes (Adequate Intake values) are based on strong evidence that fiber |
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| One of four “nutrients of concern” identified by the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans |
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| A collection of risk factors that places a person at higher risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes |
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| n teens, lower fiber intakes are linked to |
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| inflammation, metabolic syndrome, visceral (belly) fat. |
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| Researchers are concerned that exposure to low calorie sweeteners could |
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change the microbes that inhabit the large intestine leading to glucose intolerance.
confuse appetite control mechanisms.
lead to increased sugar intakes by enhancing the preference for sweet taste. |
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| When antibiotics were used to eliminate gut microbes in mice fed artificial sweeteners |
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| glucose intolerance returned to normal. |
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| Starch digestion begins in your |
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| Your ____________ secretes amylase needed to digest starch. |
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| A disaccharide sugar that is a product of starch digestion |
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| The glucose from starch digestion is absorbed into your blood and transported directly to your |
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| stores excess glucose as glycogen. |
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| After a meal, your pancreas secretes ____________ to allow blood glucose to be taken into cells. |
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| The preferred fuel for your body’s cells |
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| If you skip a meal, your pancreas secretes ____________ to signal your liver to release more glucose into your blood. |
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| If your diet is deficient in carbohydrates, your body will begin to break down proteins in your tissues to provide ____________ to be converted into glucose. |
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| Your ____________ is uniquely dependent upon glucose and cannot burn fat for energy. |
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| If you severely restrict carbohydrates in your diet, your body will burn fat to meet energy needs. Without carbohydrate, fat is converted to ____________ |
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| Side effects of ketosis include |
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| fruity smell on the breath, headache, suppressed hunger. |
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| People who have diabetes are at higher risk of serious health complications including |
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| blindness, heart disease, kidney failure. |
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| An autoimmune disease that destroys the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas a. gestational diabetes |
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| ____________ occurs when the body’s insulin does not function properly. |
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| In adults, ____________ accounts for 95% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. |
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| Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include |
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| being overweight, being physically inactive, having a family history. |
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| A condition in which fat, liver, and muscle cells do not respond normally to insulin |
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| Ectopic fat in liver and/or muscle is believed to cause |
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| Ectopic fat in the liver is linked to |
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| In obesity, just a 5% weight loss improves insulin sensitivity in |
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| fat tissue, liver, muscle. |
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| When compared with type 2 diabetes in adults, type 2 diabetes in overweight teens |
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| is less responsive to oral medications as an alternative to injected insulin, has higher rates of complications, including damage to the retina and kidneys, progresses more rapidly. |
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| Government survey data indicate that nearly 18% of U.S. teens have prediabetes placing them at risk for |
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| _______ percent of people with prediabetes don’t know they have it. |
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| The A1C test measures the attachment of glucose to |
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| A screening test for prediabetes that does not require fasting and so may allow more people to be screened |
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| A screening test for prediabetes that provides information about a person’s average blood glucose levels over the previous 2-3 months |
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| If you have prediabetes, losing weight by eating healthy and being more active can cut your risk of getting diabetes by |
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| Unlike carbohydrates and fats, amino acids contain |
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| ____________ provides the instructions for assembling our body’s different proteins. |
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| Alanine is produced in your body in sufficient amounts to meet your needs. Alanine is a(n) ____________ amino acid. |
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| The limiting amino acid is the ____________ amino acid in shortest supply relative to your body’s need for it. |
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| conditionally essential, essential, indispensable, nonessential |
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| Susan Roberts, JD, MS, RD presented Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) initiatives to solve the obesity crisis, including |
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FNV – a marketing program to promote fruits and veggies in the same way big brands market their products.
Drink Up – a collaboration with tap, bottled, and filtered water companies to encourage everyone to drink more water.
Healthier Campus Initiative – a collaboration with colleges and universities to build healthier environments for college and university students. |
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