Eating Healthily

Question 0

2) What are the six essential nutrients?

Answer 0

Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats 
Vitamins 
Minerals
Water
(You also need fibre)

Question 1

1) What does a balanced diet supply the body with?

Answer 1

Essential nutrients

Question 2

3) What is the function of carbohydrates?

Answer 2

Provide energy (glucose)

Question 3

4) What is the function of fats?

Answer 3

Provide energy, act as energy store and provide insulation

Question 4

5) What is the function of protein?

Answer 4

Needed for growth, repairing tissues and energy source in emergencies

Question 5

6) What is the function of vitamin C?

Answer 5

Prevents scurvy

Question 6

7) What is the function of iron (mineral)

Answer 6

To make haemoglobin

Question 7

8) What is the function of water?

Answer 7

To prevent dehydration

Question 8

9) What are carbohydrates made of?

Answer 8

Simple sugars (glucose)

Question 9

10) Where and how can carbohydrates be stored?

Answer 9

Can be stored in the liver as glycogen or converted into fat

Question 10

11) What are fats made of?

Answer 10

Fatty acids and glycerol

Question 11

12) Where and how can fats be stored?

Answer 11

They can be stored under the skin and around organs as adipose tissue

Question 12

13) What are proteins made of?

Answer 12

Amino acids (they cannot be stored)

Question 13

14) What are essential amino acids?

Answer 13

The amino acids that cannot be made by the body

Question 14

15) What are first class proteins?

Answer 14

Protein that comes from animals (contains all essential amino acids)

Question 15

16) What are second class proteins?

Answer 15

Proteins that come from plants (do not contain all essential amino acids)

Question 16

17) What three factors effect the balanced diet of an individual?

Answer 16

Age

Gender

Physical activity

Question 17

18) Give an example of how age effects a balanced diet?

Answer 17

Children and teenagers need more protein for growth, older people need more calcium to protect against osteoporosis

Question 18

19) Give an example of how gender effects a balanced diet?

Answer 18

Females need more iron to replace what is lost in menstrual blood

Question 19

20) Give an example of how physical activity levels effect a balanced diet?

Answer 19

Active people need more protein for muscle development and more carbohydrates for energy

Question 20

21) What are the three factors that may be the reason people choose a different diet?

Answer 20

Religion

Personal

Medical

Question 21

22) Give an example of a change religion may make to someone’s diet?

Answer 21

Hindus don’t eat cows because they believe they’re sacred

Question 22

23) Give an example of a personal choice that effects a persons diet?

Answer 22

Vegetarians and vegans

Question 23

24) What is a vegetarian?

Answer 23

Someone who doesn’t eat meat because they either think it is cruel, they don’t like the taste, they thing it’s healthier not to eat meat, trendy or a combination of all the above

Question 24

25) What is a vegan?

Answer 24

Someone who doesn’t eat any products derived from animals

Question 25

26) Give an example of medical reasons that effect a persons diet?

Answer 25

Some people are intolerant to foods and some are allergic

Question 26

27) What does it mean to be intolerant to a type of food?

Answer 26

Eating that food may make you feel bloated and ill, because you don’t have the enzymes needed to digest that food

Question 27

28) What does it mean to be allergic to a type of food?

Answer 27

Eating that food may result in a severe reaction that could be fatal