Nutrition: Ch. 5 Carbohydrates and Ch. 6 Lipids Crossword

What organ releases the blood balancing hormone insulin and glucagon?
This hormone increase uptake of glucose by the cells thus lowering glucose in the blood.
This hormone acts on the liver to release glucose (hydrolyze) monosaccharide from the polymer glycogen stored there.
Polysaccharide that is the indigestible material of foods, that is compacted in the large intestine to form feces
Plant sources of food are full of this polysaccharide source
The liver stores our short term stores of carbohydrates as this polysaccharide
An important monosaccharide that fuels our brains, central nervous system, and cells
Sweet N Low, Aspartame, and Splenda are all alternative sweeteners also refereed to as______because they provide no calories
These monosaccharide derivites often found in sugarless candies are not readily metabolized by bacteria in the mouth and thus do not promote dental caries
Pouches the form in the large intestine due to exertion and high pressure
The breaking down of amino acids to make glucose
High blood glucose levels that can lead to diabetes
This results when too few daily carbs are consumed causing fatty acids to be released from adipose to provide the body with energy for its cells
Provides the body with 9 kcal/g and has 3 fatty acid tails that can be saturated or unsatured
Triglycerides with long fatty acid tails (12 or more carbons) take __________to digest and are transported via the lymphatic system
Triglycerides with short or medium fatty acid tails (10 or less carbons) take less time to digest and are transported via the _____________system
In the hours after eating a meal, these lipoproteins are the most numerous in the blood at this time.
Lipoprotein that is carrying core filled with mostly cholesterol, also measured as the 'bad' cholesterol
Lipoprotein that is carrying core filled with mostly protein, also measured as the 'good' cholesterol
This lipid is what composes the majority of the membrane of our cells and also the shell of lipoproteins
Purple and blue fruits high in photochemcials and organically grown foods have more of this, which helps to reduce LDL oxidation
Receptors on the __________that bind to LDL to remove it from via the receptor mediated pathway.
White blood cells that leave the blood stream to embedd themselves in blood vessels and engulf to detect and digest/engulf oxidized LDL
in arteries when a plaque develops, thickens the vessel and hardens
Compounds like bile and __________also serve as emulsifiers