Unit 13 Nutrition - Carbohydrates

What proportion of carbohydrates should you consume daily?

• 50-60%

• 12-15%

• 30%

• 70%

What proportion of protein should you consume daily?

• 50-60%

• 12-15%

• 30%

• 70%

What proportion of fats should you consume daily?

• 50-60%

• 12-15%

• 30%

• 70%

Simple Carbohydrates are........

• Long Chains

• Essentially sugars

• Slower releasing

• formed from Polysaccharides

One gram of carbohydrate provides_____ of energy

• 8 Kcal

• 4Kcal

• 2Kcal

• 9Kcal

80% of carbohydrates is stored in your ___________

• Liver

• Brain

• Muscle

• Kidneys

Carbohydrates are converted into _________ and transported via blood to all tissues

• Insulin

• Glucagon

• Glycogen

• Glucose

Carbohydrates can only be stored in limited amounts

• 375-475g

• 200-250g

• 600g-700g

• 50-100g

The average sedentary individual will require around 50% of total daily intake to be supplied by carbohydrate

• 150g per day for females

  200g per day for male

• 250g per day for females

  300g per day for males

• 50g per day for females

  100g per day for males

• 500g per day for females

  600g per day for males

When blood glucose level is low

• Insulin is not secreted by the pancreas

• Insulin is not secreted by the gall bladder

• Insulin is secreted into the bloodstream

• Glucagon not secreted into the bloodstream