Balanced Diet

Question 1

What are all the component in a balanced Diet

Answer 1

Carbohydrates
protein
vitamins
minerals
Lipids(fat)
water
fibre

Question 2

what is the function of carbohydrates

Answer 2

Short term energy store
glucose( fast release)
starch (slow release)

Question 3

What is the function of protein

Answer 3

Growth and repair muscles and tissues

Question 4

what is the function of Lipids (fat)

Answer 4

insulation and provide energy (act as an energy store)
Long term energy store

Question 5

What is the function for calcium

Answer 5

needed for strong bones and teeth prevents rickets and osteoporosis

Question 6

what is the function of Fibre

Answer 6

helps move undigested material through the digestive system
Prevents constipation

Question 7

what is the function of the different vitamins.

Answer 7

Vitamin C - prevents scurvy formation of collagen in tissues/ skin

vitamin A- helps improve vison and keep healthy skin and hair

Vitamin D- absorbs Calcium
prevents rickets and osteoporosis

Question 8

what is the function of Iron

Answer 8

needed to make haemoglobin for healthy blood (binds to oxygen)

Question 9

what is the function of water

Answer 9

to help perform metabolic functions

Question 10

what are the minerals in the diet

Answer 10

calcium
iron

Question 11

what are three ways energy requirements may change and explain why?

Answer 11

Age- children teenagers need more energy than older people need energy to move , generally more active than older people.

Pregnancy- they have got to provide energy the energy their babbies need to develop

Activity level- The more active you are the more energy you loose so you need more energy to replace the energy you have lost

Question 11

what is a balanced diet needed for

Answer 11

gives you all the essential nutrients in the right proportion