What are essential nutrients ?

• Essential nutrients are compounds that the body cannot produce on its own, so they must be obtained through diet.
• Essential nutrients are harmful to the body
• Essential nutrients are not necessary for overall health
• Essential nutrients are only found in supplements

Essential nutrients help with what

• Proper functioning of the body
• Improving memory retention
• Boosting immune system
• proper regulation of the body

Carbohydrates are present in food in the form of

• sugars, starches, and fibers
• fats, oils, proteins
• water, vitamins, minerals
• proteins, vitamins, minerals

After being absorbed from the digestive tract all sugars are converted to

• glucose
• fructose
• sucrose
• maltose

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What is the preferred direct energy source in cells ?

• Froctose

• Photosynthesis
• NADH
• Glucose

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Plants store glucose as

• starch
• cellulose
• fructose
• protein

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Animals store glucose as

• starch
• insulin
• fructose
• glycogen

Fiber is a ____ carbohydrates derived from ____

• digestive , plants

• soluble , plants

• indigestible , plants

Fiber is not a ____ to humans

• nutrient
• mineral
• carbohydrate
• vitamin

Soluble fiber combines with bile acids and cholesterol in the small intestine and....

• prevents them from being absorbed

• causes cholesterol to accumulate
• has no effect on cholesterol
• increases cholesterol levels