Food Flashcards
5 major nutrients
Carbohydrates fats protein vitamins minerals water
Food is need for
Energy growth and repair and protection
Carbohadrates
Glucose sucros starchy
Fat
Butter lard oil
They store energy in the body
The layer of fat just under the skin gives our body insulation
Proteins
Meat fish eggs milk growth and repair muscles
Viatamin c
Found in citrus fruits green veg turnips
Vitamin d
Found in cod liver oil super milk and in sunlight
Calcium
Is found in milk and chesses to form healthy bones in animals and plant cells
Iron
Found in liver green veg to form hemoglobin in red blood cells to transport oxagan around the body
Balanced diet
The right amount of nutrients to stay healthy
Food pyramid
A guide to how much food you should eat
Fibre
Passes trough digestive system and makes sure it’s in working order
Water
Makes up 60 o/o of the body
You can only survive a few days without it
It transport substances around the body
Controls body tempeture
Solvent water must dissolve substances so chemical reations can occur
A balanced diet is dependent
On the person lifestyle age sex health
Young people need more food
Males need more food
Incisors
Biting and cutting
Canine
Griping and tearing
Eating
Food is taken in by the body
Digestion
Food is broken down
Absorption
Digested food is passed into the blood stream
Elimination
Getting rid of un wanted food
Test for starch
Add iodine
Result blue
Test for reducing sugars
Add Benedict s
Heat gently
Red
Test for proteins
Burnet reagent blue
Test for fat
Rub on brown paper
Staines
Stages of nutrition
Eating
Digesting
Absorption
Elimination
Physical digestion
Taking piecese of food and breaking them down into small er pieces
Chemical digestion
Uses emzinez
Enzymes are chemicals that speed up chemical reactions without bein used uppp
Substrate enzyme product
Amylase maltose
Most chemical digestion
Small intestine
Bile
Made in liver
Makes digestive juices
Pancreas mimic
Mouth
Physical and chemical digestion
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Brings food from moth to stomach
Rectun
Stores un digested food
Anus
Makes poo
Large intestine
Water obspresion happens hear
Product
The result of an emzinez