Food Nutrients And A Balaced Diets

Question 1

What is a nutrient?

Answer 1

A nutrient is a healthy chemical needed by the body to keep it in good shape

Question 2

Which nutrients are needed for a healthy body?

Answer 2

Carbohydrates
Fats
Proteins
Vitamins
Minerals

Question 3

What else does the also need

Answer 3

Water and fibre

Question 4

Water constitutes 70% of the bonus weight. What else is it important for?

Answer 4

It provides support for cells
It transports other blood components
It cools down the body

Question 5

Which carbohydrate cannot be digested by human and how does it help the digestive system?

Answer 5

Fibre is a carbohydrate which cannot be digested by humans. It helps to move food along the intestines. It also take up water like a sponge.

Question 6

In a patient suffering from rickets, why do the leg bones bend more than the arm bones?

Answer 6

In a patient suffering from rickets leg bones bend more than arm bone because the bone do not develop to their full strength, body weight is also always resting on the legs causing them to bend more.

Question 7

How can a seal survive in the cold polar seas when a human would die in a few minutes?

Answer 7

Seals have more body fat keeping heat insulated.

Question 8

What is a balanced diet

Answer 8

A balanced diet is to consume and balance the amount of nutrients that the body needs

Question 9

What is malnutrition?

Answer 9

Malnutrition is when your body doesn’t receive the right amount of nutrients.

Question 10

What is a deficiency disease?

Answer 10

A deficiency disease is when your body lacks a certain thing.

Question 11

What is Scurvy and what are the symptoms?

Answer 11

Scurvy is a deficiency disease caused by lack of vitamin C. The symptoms of scurvy are bleeding gums and your circulatory system is then damaged.

Question 12

What does lack of iron cause?

Answer 12

Lack of iron causes Haemorrhage.

Question 13

What does lack of Vit A cause?

Answer 13

Lack of Vitamin A causes a disease called ‘Night Blind’
The symptoms are poor night vision and loss of vision at night.

Question 14

What does lack of Vit B cause?

Answer 14

Lack of Vitamin B causes a disease called ‘Beri-Beri’
The symptoms are nervousness and paralysis.

Question 15

What does lack of Vit C cause?

Answer 15

Lack of Vitamin C causes a disease called ‘Scurvy’
The symptoms are swelling in joints.

Question 16

What does lack of Vit D cause?

Answer 16

Lack of Vitamin D causes a disease called ‘Rickets’
The symptoms are weak bones and decaying teeth.

Question 17

What does lack of Vit K cause?

Answer 17

Lack of Vitamin K causes a disease called ‘Haemorrhage ’
The symptoms are clotting if blood will be affected.