Food Choices Flashcards
What is the functions of food?
Helps the body to grow and provides the body with energy and warmth.
What are the factors affecting our food choice?
Lifestyle, cost, foods in season.
Explain the word nutrient?
A chemical in food that nourishes the body.
Explain the word composition?
What the nutrient is made up of.
Explain the word source?
A food that contains a nutrient.
Explain the word function?
What the nutrient does to the body.
Explain RDA ( recommended daily allowance )
The amount of the nutrient we should eat each day.
Explain deficiency disease?
ill effects on the body if not enough of the nutrient is eaten.
Name the six types of nutrients?
Protein, fat, water, vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates.
Name the macro nutrients?
Protein, carbohydrates and fats.
Name the micronutrients?
Vitamins and minerals.
What is the composition of protein?
Amino acids and poly peptide links.
What are the elements that amino acids are made up from?
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen.
What are essential amino acids?
Essential amino acids are amino acids that are more important in the diet.
Where do saturated fats come from.?
Saturated fats come from mainly animal sources.
