Carbohydrates Self-Test

What are Carbohydrates?

• Vitamins

• Sugar molecules that provide the body with glucose

• A nutrient that comes from your diet essential for proper bodily function

• Minerals

Answer explanation

Carbohydrates, or carbs, are sugar molecules. Carbohydrates provide the body with glucose, which is converted to energy used to support bodily functions and physical activity. *Carbs are also a nutrient*

What Happens When You Consume Carbohydrates?

• Your body breaks them into simple sugars and the pancreas releases insulin to move the sugar from the blood

• It transports and stores nutrients and can act as an energy source.

• Raises LDL cholesterol

• Your muscles get bigger

Answer explanation

When you eat carbs, your body breaks them down into simple sugars, which are absorbed into the bloodstream. As the sugar level rises in your body, the pancreas releases a hormone called insulin. Insulin is needed to move sugar from the blood into the cells, where the sugar can be used as a source of energy. 

Does Eating Carbohydrates Make You Fatter?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Eating Carbohydrates, normally, do not make you fat. It is calories that make you fat. And the only way you can get fat with carbohydrates is eating too much UNHEALTHY carbs to a point where your body and pancreas is having trouble storing glucose and has to store the glucose in your fat cells due to CONSTANT high blood sugars. Extra glucose is stored in the liver and in muscles. Some is changed to body fat

What is Glucose?

• A Disaccharide, made up of two monosaccharides

• A monosaccharide naturally found in fruits

• A vitamin

• A simple sugar or monosaccharide that are the building blocks of carbohydrates

Answer explanation

Glucose is a simple sugar, or monosaccharide. It’s your body’s preferred carb-based energy source. They’re the building blocks of carbohydrate.

What Can High Blood Sugar Do?

• Blurred Vision

• Slower wound healing

• Trouble think, concentrating, brain fog

• Tiredness and headaches

Answer explanation

High blood sugar can cause headaches, tiredness, blurred vision, hunger, trouble thinking or concentrating (Possibly brain fog), thirst, frequent urination, etc.

What Is The Difference Between Unrefined And Refined Grains?

• Refined grains are starches that have been processed but still have vital nutrients. Unrefined have been processed but lacks important nutrients.

• Refined grains are starches that have been processed and lost of vital nutrients. Unrefined have been processed but still have many of their vital nutrients.

Answer explanation

Refined grains, such as white flour and white rice, have been processed, which removes many nutrients and fiber. Many foods containing refined grains like white flour, sugar and white rice lack B vitamins and other important nutrients unless they’re marked “enriched.” So unrefined grains are retain many of these vital nutrients and are rich in fiber, which helps your digestive system work well.

Which Of These Are Complex Carbohydrates?

• Starches

• Sugars

• Fiber

Answer explanation

Starches are complex carbohydrates because they’re made of lots of simple sugars strung together. Your body needs to break starches down into sugars to use them for energy. Complex carbohydrates are digested more slowly and supply a lower more steady release of glucose into the blood stream. Fiber is also a complex carbohydrate due to your body not being able to break down most fibers and being made up of multiple simple sugars.

What can Low Blood Sugar Do?

• Blurred vision, lightheadedness, excess sweating

• Hair loss, vitamin deficiencies, dry rashes

• Irritability, anxiety, shakiness

• Mental confusion, tremor, fatigue

Answer explanation

Low blood sugar can lead to blurred vision, difficulty concentrating, confused thinking, slurred speech, numbness, and drowsiness. If blood glucose stays low for too long, starving the brain of glucose, it may lead to seizures, coma, and very rarely death.