Balanced Diet

Question 1

Carbohydrates, where from, function, illnesses

Answer 1

From: sugar
Needed for respiration to supply energy to cells
Illnesses; dental cavities

Question 2

Protein where from, function, illnesses

Answer 2

Nuts, red meat
Needed for growth and repair
Illnesses are weakness and tiredness

Question 3

Lipids where from, function, illnesses

Answer 3

From butter and eggs
Needed for insulation
Illnesses are heart disease, heart attacks

Question 4

Vitamin a where from, function, illnesses

Answer 4

From butter and carrots
Needed for rod and cone cells in retina
Illnesses are nigh blindness

Question 5

Vitamin c where from, function, illnesses

Answer 5

From fruit and veg
Needed to make connective tissue that bonds cells together
Illnesses is scurvy, bleeding gums

Question 6

Vitamin d where from, function, illnesses

Answer 6

From sunlight and fish
Needed to take calcium in
Illnesses and rickets

Question 7

Calcium

Answer 7

From dairy and bread
Needed for strong bones and teeth
Illnesses are rickets

Question 8

Iron

Answer 8

From spinach and eggs
Needed for carrying oxygen in haemoglobin
Illness3 are anemia

Question 9

Fibre

Answer 9

From bread and cereal
Needed for helping gut push food along
Illnesses constipation

Question 10

Water

Answer 10

Needed for cells turgidity

Illness dehydration