Sugar comes in several different forms and is handled by the body ...

[abarnes]

Sugar comes in several different forms and is handled by the body in different ways. Which one, when burned by the body, does not leave an end-product to be excreted by the body?
 
  A) Sucrose B) Glucose C) Fructose D) Maltose

Question 2

A client, who is trying to decrease carbohydrate intake, wonders how that is possible since sweets have already been eliminated from the diet and there can't be anything left to reduce.
 
  What is the best explanation the nurse can give to explain the difference between sugar and carbohydrates? 1. All carbohydrates are sugar in their simplest form.
   2. Carbohydrates are harder to digest than sugar.
   3. All sugars are very sweet.
   4. Carbohydrates are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and sugars are not.

[janeli]

Answer to Question 1

B
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Glucose is burned more efficiently and more completely than either protein or fat, and it does not leave an end product that the body must excrete. The other sugars all break down, leaving end products that the body must excrete.

Answer to Question 2

1
Rationale: The nurse should explain that carbohydrates are classified as simple and complex, and what is commonly thought of as sugar is an example of a simple carbohydrate. Sugars, as a form of carbohydrates, are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Not all sugars are sweet; only the simple sugars are sweet. Carbohydrates are not harder to digest than sugars because sugars are a form of carbohydrate.

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[janeli]

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