Nutrition: Carbohydrates
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beckylou89 on February 3, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Energy production | What are carbohydrates necessary for? |
| starches, sugars, lanolin | What are 3 common carbs? |
| 65% | Up to what % of a dog(omnivore)'s diet can be carbs? |
| 10g/kg/day | Up to how many g/kg/day of carbs can omnivores consume? |
| 4g/kg/day | Up to how many g/kg/day of carbs can carnivores consume? |
| amylase | What breaks down sugars and starches? |
| glucose | What does amylase break sugars and starches down into? |
| sucrase | What breaks down sucrose? |
| glucose and fructose | What does sucrase break sucrose down into? |
| raffinose and stachyose | What are the complex sugars of soybeans? |
| glucose and galactose | With the right amino acids, what do soybeans break down to? |
| borborymus | What is the technical name for gut sounds? |
| increases the solubility and digestion | What does cooking do to carbs? |
| Rice | What is the most digestable carb available? |
| microbes in the intestine that make cellulase | How is cellulose broken down in the body? |
| Lignin | What has no digestion whatsoever in animals? |
| true | True/False: dietary fiber does not supply any significant amount of energy to cats/dogs |
| Insoluble fiber | What type of fiber speeds up gi emptying? |
| decreases | What may insoluble fiber do to nutrient absorption? |
| soluble fibers | What type of fiber slows down gi emptying? |
| increase | What may soluble fibers do to nutrient absoption? |
| constipation | What does dietary fiber prevent? |
| weight reduction diets | What kind of diets can dietary fiber be used in? |
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