The extent to which a food raises the blood glucose level and elicits an insulin response can be measured and ranked on a scale called the:
a. digestibility index

b. glycemic index.
c. hypoglycemic index.
d. insulin index.
e. glucose index.


b

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The active vitamin E compound is ____________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Identify some common nutrition-related outcomes.

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Which monosaccharide is a component of all three dietary disaccharides?

A) ?sucrose B) ?glucose C) ?fructose D) ?galactose

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