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- 3. the natrually accurring sugars in fruits, vegetables, and milk, as well as added sugars such as table sugar or honey
- 4. the sum of dietary and functional fides in a food
- 7. the body's stored form of glucose
- 8. a disease characterized by a lack of or an ability to use the hormone insulin
- 11. tooth decay
- 14. the colective name for all of the monosaccharides and disaccharides
- 16. a concentrated source of a nutrient usually in pill, liquid, or powder form
- 17. a chemical that helps the body lower blood glucose back to a normal level
- 19. a carbohydrate made up of two sugar units
- 20. chemicals produced in the body and released into the bloodstream to regulate specific body processes
- 21. a polysaccharide that is the stored form of energy in plants
- 22. a measure of the speed at which various carbohydrates are digested into glucose, absorbed, and entered into the bloodstream
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- 1. isolated, non digestible carbohydrates that have been proven to have beneficial effects on human health
- 2. a low blood glucose level
- 5. charbohydrates that are made up of many sugar units
- 6. the monosaccharide that circulates in the blood stream, supplies energy to the body's cells, and is the only fuel used by the brain
- 9. a carbohydrate composed of single sugar unit
- 10. an inability to digest lactose, the main carbohydrate in milk
- 12. long chains of sugar units arranged as satrch or fiber; also called pllysaccharides
- 13. the carbohydrates and lignins found in plants, which can not be digested by human enzymes
- 15. food with ingredients, such as fiber, added in order to provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition
- 18. one of the six essential nutrients and a major source of energy for the body