While educating a patient with diabetes about simple carbohydrates, a nurse teaches that simple carbohydrates are quickly converted to glucose and can be used to quickly increase blood glucose. The nurse identifies an example of a simple carbohydrate as
1. Legumes.
2. Vegetables.
3. Fruit juices.
4. Whole grains.
ANS: 3
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