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- 4. fiber- the sum of Dietary Fiber and Added Fiber.
- 6. regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.
- 8. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
- 10. a condition in which your blood sugar (glucose) level is lower than the standard range.
- 12. index-a value used to measure how much specific foods increase blood sugar levels.
- 15. caries- Permanently damaged areas in teeth that develop into tiny holes.
- 17. substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates. It is a polysaccharide which forms glucose on hydrolysis.
- 18. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water (2:1) and typically can be broken down to release energy in the animal body.
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- 1. fiber- includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb.
- 2. food-A functional food is a food claimed to have an additional function by adding new ingredients or more of existing ingredients.
- 3. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
- 5. a carbohydrate (e.g. starch, cellulose, or glycogen) whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together.
- 7. completing or enhancing something.
- 9. carbohydrate-broken down quickly by the body to be used as energy
- 11. intolerance- The inability to fully digest sugar (lactose) in dairy products.
- 13. mellifluous- a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine.
- 14. odorless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet.
- 16. carbohydrates- made up of sugar molecules that are strung together in long, complex chains.