Food And Nutition Flashcards
What is used in a Starch test and what are the colours?
Iodine
Black - yellow
What is used in a protein test and what colours?
Biuret
Blue- purple
What is used in a fat test
Paper
What is used in a glucose test and what colours?
Benedict solution
Blue- orange
What is used in a vitamin c test and what colours?
DCPIP
Blue-colourless
What do scientist mean by diet?
What you eat
What is a nutrient?
A food substance that provides raw materials
What dose ur body use nutrients for?
For energy
What dose fibre do?
Keeps us healthy by helping food move through the intestines and stops constipation
List all the different types of nutrition in food?
Carbohydrates, fat ,protein, vitamins and minerals, starch, sugar, fibre.
Why do you need starch in your diet?
For energy
What do carbohydrates and fats have in common?
Energy
What dose protein do
Helps with growth and repair.
What is food
Energy
What dose vitamin and minerals do?
They sort out ur health