Food And Digestion🍔🍗 Flashcards
6 major nutrients
Carbohydrate, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals and water
Carbohydrates
Sugars e.g. Glucose and sucrose, starch (potatoes) fibre (stops constipation)
Fats
Also called lipids e.g. Butter, lard, oil, (cod liver oil). It stores energy in our body and the layer of fat just under our skin gives our body insulation e.g. Milk and dairy products
Proteins
Help to grow and repair muscle tissue e.g. Meat, fish, eggs, milk
Vitamin c
Found in citrus fruits, green veg, turnips. Function is to connective tissue, deficiency leads to bleeding gums and teeth
Loss (scurvy)
Vitamin d
“Sunshine vitamin” found in cod liver oil, super milk, and in sunlight. Function is healthy teeth and bones (absorb calcium), deficiency leads to rickets.
Calcium
Found in milk and cheese to form healthy bones In animals and cell walls In plant cells
Iron
Found in liver, green veg to form haemogoblin in red blood cells to transport oxygen around the body.deficiency leads to anaemia (very tired)
Balanced diet
The right amounts of nutrients to stay healthy
Food pyramid
A guide to how much of each food should be eaten for a healthy diet
Fibre or roughage
Passes through the digestive system to make sure it is in good working order and avoid constipation
Water
Makes up 60-70% of the human body, one can only survive a few days without it, it transports substances around the body, it removes wastes from the body and controls body temperature
Solvent
Water must dissolve substances os chemical reactions can occur In the cell
Chemical energy
Food gives us the chemical energy we need for all of our daily activities
Balanced diet is dependant
On a persons age, (young people need mor food than older people and males need more food than females) sex, lifestyle and general health
(More active people need more food than inactive people
Insistors
Have sharp edges like a chisel. They are used to cut, slice and nibble food
