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| •REDUCING THE RISK OF CARIES BY PREVENTING PLAQUE FROM RECOGNIZING A CARIOGENIC FOOD |
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| •FERMENTABLE CARB THAT CAUSES A REDUCTION OF SALIVARY PH TO LESS THAN 5.5 |
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•CARIES-INHIBITING
•NOT METABOLIZED BY MICROORGANISMS IN PLAQUE BIOFILM |
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•INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS OF THE DIGESTIVE ENZYMES ON STARCH MOLECULES
•LONG GLUCOSE CHAINS SPLIT INTO SMALLER ONES |
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| •SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF NONDIGESTIBLE CARBS AND LIGNIN INTRINSIC AND INTACT IN PLANTS |
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| •DOUBLE SUGARS (2 SIMPLE SUGARS JOINED TOGETHER) CONTAINING 12 CARBON ATOMS |
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•CARBS THAT CAN BE METABOLIZED BY BACTERIA IN PLAQUE BIOFILM TO DECREASE THE PH TO A LEVEL WHERE DEMINERALIZATION OCCURS
•INCLUDES ALL SUGARS AND COOKED OR PROCESSED STARCHES |
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| •ISOLATED, NONDIGESTIBLE CARBS THAT HAVE BENEFICIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN HUMANS |
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| •CARBOHYDRATE STORAGE FORM OF ENERGY IN HUMANS |
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| •LOW BLOOD SUGAR (LESS THAT 70MG/DL) |
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•NORMAL PRODUCTS OF LIPID METABOLISM IN THE LIVER
•CAN BE USED BY MUSCLES FOR ENERGY IF ADEQUATE AMOUNTS OF GLUCOSE ARE AVAILABLE |
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| •PROCESS OF CONVERTING GLUCOSE TO FATS |
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| •SIMPLE SUGARS CONTAINING 2-6 CARBON ATOMS |
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•NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
•AMINO ACIDS ESSENTIAL TO THE BODY, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED IN THE DIET |
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| •GENETIC DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY INABILITY TO METABOLIZE THE AMINO ACID PHENYLALANINE |
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•BUILDING UP OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT
•GREEN PLANTS USE CHLOROPHYLL AND ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT TO PRODUCE CARBS FROM WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE AND TO LIBERATE OXYGEN |
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| •WELL ORGANIZED COMMUNITY OF BACTERIA THAT IS EMBEDDED IN A SLIME LAYER AND ADHERES TENACIOUSLY TO TOOTH SURFACES, RESTORATIONS, AND PROSTHETIC APPLIANCES |
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•AKA COMPLEX CARBS
•SUGARS CONTAINING MORE THAN 12 CARBON ATOMS |
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•STARCH THAT RESISTS DIGESTIVE ENZYME ACTION AND REACHES THE COLON
•A STARCH THAT IS ENCASED IN NONDIGESTIBLE PLANT SEED COAT OR MODIFIED BY COOKING OR PROCESSING CAN BE RESISTANT |
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| •BACTERIA FOUND IN BIOFILM |
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•FORMED FROM OR CONVERTED TO SUGAR
•AKA POLYOLS |
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| •SUM OF DIETARY AND ADDED FIBER |
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| •WATER-SOLUBLE FIBERS, INCLUDING PECTINS, GUMS, PSYLLIUM, MUCILAGES, AND ALGAL POLYSACCHARIDES, WHICH ARE PHYSIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR GEL-FORMING ABILITY |
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•SUGAR ALCOHOL USED AS A SUGAR SUBSTITUTE
•CONSIDERED A NUTRITIVE SWEETENER BECAUSE IT PROVIDES 4 CALORIES PER GRAM, SIMILAR TO SUGAR |
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