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Food and nutrition Flashcards

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1
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what 7 components make up a balanced diet

A 
carbohydrates - energy source
proteins - growth and repair of muscle
fats - energy source and waterproofs cell membrane
vitamins - improves sight
minerals - essential to bodes function
water - solvent
fibre - bulk for gut to push against
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how do you measure BMI

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weight/height(squared)

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3
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what health issues are associated with obesity

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cancer
cardiovascular desise
type 2 diabetes
gallstones
hypertension (high BP)
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what is coronary heart desise

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when fatty acids are deposited in the coronary arteries restricting blood flow to heart muscles

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5
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how does excess salt affect blood

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decreases water potential in blood so blood holds more water in blood - increasing blood pressure - hypertension - and damaging arteries

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6
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what things are unsaturated and saturated fats

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animal fats - saturated

plant oils - unsaturated

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7
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where is cholesterol found

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in cell membrane and skin

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how is cholesterol transported around body

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insoluble in water so converted to lipoproteins

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9
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what are HDL and what are they are made of

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high density lipoproteins - unsaturated fats, cholesterol and proteins

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what do HDL do

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they carry cholesterol form body tissue to liver where it binds to cell surface membrane of receptor site

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11
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how is cholesterol used in the liver

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used in cell metabolism to make bille or is just broken down

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12
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How is atherosclerosis affected by HDL

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reduces deposition in artery walls

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How is LDL different to HDL

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made of saturated fats
transports cholesterol from liver to body tissue
causes deposition in artery walls

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14
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what decreases activity of LDL receptors

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saturated fats - so more remains in blood and deposited in walls

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what increases activity of LDL sites - reducing atheroclerosis

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poly/mono unsaturated fats

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16
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how can you improve food production in plants

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growth rate of crop
size of yield from each plant 
reduces loss due to pests
standardise plant size - harvest more easily
improve response to fertilisers
17
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how can you improve food production in animals

A

rate of growth
increse productivity
resistance to desise

18
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what is artificial slection

A

the breeding of animals with desireble traits

19
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what are 3 stages to selective breeding

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isolation
artificial selection
inbrreding/line breeding

20
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what is marker assisted selection

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section of DNA used as marker to identify do sired characteristic and offspring are checked for this

21
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how do microorganisms gain nutrition

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digesting organic matter around them - leaving behind waste products

22
Q

give example of fungi that grows on bread

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pecicillum and mucor

23
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how do micro-organism make bred taste sweat

A

microrganisma relese enzymes into food which breaks down carbohydrates releasing sugers

24
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what is botulism

A

clostridum botulinum produces toxin botulin which causes botulism - toxic

25
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name 7 ways of preventing food spoilage

A 
drying in salt
smoking
cooking
pasturising
pickleinng
irradiation 
cooling and freezing
26
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how is yogurt made

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milk is affected by lactobacillus bacteria. this used lactose sugar to make lactic acid causing milk protein to thicken

27
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how is cheese made

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cheese is curdled milk - lactobacillus acts on solid protein of milk (curds)

28
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how is bred made

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yeast respires releasing co2 causing the bred to rise

29
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how is alcohol made

A

anaerobic respiration of yeast

30
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what advantages are there to using micro-organisms

A 
production of protein is faster 
production increased/decresed to match demand
now animal welfare issues
good source of proteins
no animal fat/cholestrol

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