Chapter 6—Carbohydrates (Food for Today)
Read through Chapter 6 with your partner to
locate the information for this worksheet—take
turns recording your answers, and discuss the
questions as you go along.
Read “What are Carbohydrates?” on page 76.
With your partner, list your 10 favorite
carbohydrate foods below. Write a G next to the
foods that have a grain as the source. Then write a P next to the foods that come from plant sources
and an M next to foods that have a milk or milk product as the source.
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There are three types of carbohydrates which all play an important role in a healthy diet—list them
here:
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What is the name of the process by which plants use the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide and
water into oxygen and glucose? List it here.
Sugars: Simple Carbohydrates—Name the three chemical elements needed to build sugars?
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Read the sections in your chapter about monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides, and
while reading list foods that fall into each category. Examples of polysaccharides (starches) can be
found on page 79 under the section called Starches in Food.
Monosaccharides
(Simple Carbohydrates)
Glucose—
Disaccharides
(Simple Carbohydrates)
Sucrose—
Fructose—
Lactose—
Galactose—
Maltose--
Polysaccharides
(Complex Carbohydrates)
Read about Dietary Fiber (page 78) and Digesting Carbohydrates (page 78)—Give two reasons why
dietary fiber is important.
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Read about Sugars in Food (page 78)—What sugar is extracted from sugarcane and sugar beets?
Read about The Need for Carbohydrates (page 79)—List three reasons carbohydrates are needed by our
bodies.
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Teens and adults should get ____________ to ____________ percent of their daily calories from
carbohydrates.
No-Carb, Low-Carb Diets—What might happen if you do not eat enough carbohydrates? Explain in a
brief paragraph.
Name three health problems which may occur when there is too much Added Sugar in the Diet:
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It is recommended that we limit our added sugars to ____________ teaspoons per day on a 2,000calorie diet, or ____________ teaspoons per day on a 2,800-calorie diet. ____________ grams of sugar
equal 1 teaspoon of sugar, which has ____________ calories.
Look at Figure 6.4 on page 80—Sugar Ingredients in Foods, or the poster at the front of the classroom.
Which three would you be unlikely to realize is sugar if you read it on a food label?
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Read about Sugar Substitutes. Name any that you or your partner have consumed.
Read about Fiber in the Diet—What are the three other names that fiber is sometimes called?
Looking at the list of Dietary Fiber in Selected Foods chart on page 81, and reading about fiber, give an
example of how you might incorporate additional fiber into a meal.
You need a snack to eat before your big math test and you have two choices: a chocolate chip muffin
sprinkled with sugar, or a whole grain bagel spread with peanut butter. Which should you choose and
why?