Integrated Web Site to Accompany Discovering Nutrition, Second Edition

Title: Integrated Web Site to Accompany Discovering Nutrition, Second Edition

Practice Quizzes

Nutrition Science Animations

Interactive Summaries

Crossword Puzzles

Interactive Glossary

Health and Nutrition Directory

Nutrition Journals

Share Healthy Recipes

Nutrition Links

Eating Great in College

Chemistry Review

For Instructors

Feedback & Suggestions

Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: The glycemic index measures the effect of a food on blood glucose levels
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

2: Cellulose is an insoluble fiber.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

3: This type of dietary fiber gives fruit its body and helps it keep it shape.
	A: mucilages
	B: cellulose
	C: pectin
	D: hemicellulose

4: Pectins are dietary fibers that are found in skeletal muscle.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

5: The disaccharide that seldom is found in foods, but occurs when starches are broken down is
	A: lactose
	B: maltose
	C: galactose
	D: fructose

6: Carbohydrates contain ___ kilocalories per gram
	A: 4
	B: 10
	C: 35
	D: 40

7: Although brain cells prefer glucose as their main source of energy, they can adapt to use ketone bodies.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

8: People suffering from phenylketonuria should not take the artificial sweetener
	A: sucralose.
	B: aspartame.
	C: saccharin.
	D: D-tagatose.

9: If people have diabetes mellitus, their bodies either do not produce enough _____, or do not use it properly.
	A: sucralose.
	B: antioxidants
	C: saccharin.
	D: insulin

10: Nutritive sweeteners include monosaccharides, disaccharides, and sugar alcohols.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: Adult Americans should consume about ___ percent of their energy intake as carbohydrate.
	A: 20
	B: 35
	C: 50
	D: 75

12: Milk and milk products are rich in _____, a simple carbohydrate
	A: lactose
	B: lactase
	C: resistant starches
	D: sugar alcohols

13: The ______ of a kernel is the part that grows into a new plant.
	A: endosperm
	B: germ
	C: bran
	D: husk

14: Lignins are digestible
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: The body's preferred fuel source is ____________.
	A: ketones
	B: glucagon
	C: glucose
	D: insulin

16: Maltose is a
	A: glucose-glucose disaccharide
	B: glucose-galactose disachharide
	C: lactose-glucose-galactose trisachharide
	D: lactose-glucose disaccharide

17: Starch is the major storage form of carbohydrate in plants
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

18: People with type 2 diabetes require insulin as part of their treatment.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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