Fruit And Veg

Question 1

What are the berries/soft fruits?

Answer 1

Raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, gooseberries, recurrents, black currents, olives.

Question 2

What are the stoned fruits?

Answer 2

Plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, cherries, avocados.

Question 3

What are the hard fruits?

Answer 3

Apples, pears.

Question 4

What are the dried fruits?

Answer 4

Raisins, sultanas, currents, prunes, dates.

Question 5

What are the other fruits?

Answer 5

Grapes, pineapples, bananas, melons, kiwis, star fruits.

Question 6

What are the green vegetables?

Answer 6

Brocoli, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts.

Question 7

What are the root vegetables?

Answer 7

Carrots, parsnip, potatoe, onion, turnip, beetroot.

Question 8

What are the pulse vegetables?

Answer 8

Peas, beans, lentils.

Question 9

What are the fruit vegetables?

Answer 9

Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, courgettes, aubergines, pumpkins.

Question 10

What are the ways you can include fruit in your diet?

Answer 10

• Put fresh or frozen fruit in smoothies
• Put fruit on top of cereal, oatmeal or yoghurt
• Eat raw fruit as a snack or as a side to a meal (lunch/breakfast)
• Make fruit salad as a healthy desert
• Drink juiced fruits daily
• Stew fruit
• Eat fruit with cream, sugar, cinnamon, honey
• Include fruit in an ice-pop

Question 11

What are ways you can include vegetables in your diet?

Answer 11

• Steam or boil your vegetables
• Grill your vegetables
• Include your vegetables in kebabs
• Eat your vegetables in a salad with meat or as a side to a meal
• Make vegetables into a savoury meal (ratatouille)
• Eat your vegetables as a side either raw or cooked
• Blend or juice your vegetables
• Eat your vegetables raw

Question 12

What is the definition of fruit?

Answer 12

The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains a seed and can be eaten as food.

Question 13

What is the scientific definition of fruit?

Answer 13

In botany, a fruit is or is part of a flowering plant that derives from specific tissues of the flower. Fruits usually bear seeds.

Question 14

What is the definition of vegetables?

Answer 14

A plant or part of a plant used as food.

Question 15

What is the scientific definition of vegetables?

Answer 15

In everyday use, vegetable means any part of a plant that is consumed by humans as food, mainly as part of a savoury meal.

Question 16

What is the nutritive value of fruit?

Answer 16

Low in fat and calories, high in fibre and often high in natural sugars. As they are low in calories and high in nutritive value, they are very healthy. Many fruits, such as citrus fruits are very high in vitamin C.

Question 17

Give some examples of the nutritive value of fruit.

Answer 17

Apple- 130 calories, main vitamin provided: C. (8%)
Pear- 100 calories, main vitamin provided: C. (10%)
Peach- 60 calories, main vitamin provided: C. (15%)
Banana- 110 calories, main vitamin provided: C. (15%)
Orange- 80 calories, main vitamin provided: C. (130%)

Question 18

What is the nutritive value of vegetables?

Answer 18

Low in fat and calories, high in fibre. Starchy vegetables like beets and potatoes are very high in sugar. Vegetables are generally higher in protein, calcium and iron than fruits, have about the same amount of vitamins, but are lower in calories and much lower in natural sugars than fruits. Where few fruits are high in vitamin A, many vegetables are high in vitamin A.

Question 19

Give some examples of the nutritive value of vegetables.

Answer 19

Carrot- 30 calories, main vitamin provided: A. (110%)
Potatoe- 110 calories, main vitamin provided: C. (45%)
Cucumber- 10 calories, main vitamin provided: C. (10%)
Broccoli- 45 calories, main vitamin provided: C. (220%)
Iceberg lettuce- 10 calories, main vitamin provided: A. (6%)

Question 20

How can your preserve nutrients when cooking?

Answer 20

• Leave vegetables in big pieces so less nutrients are destroyed
• Always cover your pot to keep in steam so veg will cook faster
• Use leftover cooking water for soups
• Eat fruit and vegetables raw when possible
• cook vegetables until crisp
• Use as little water as possible when cooking

Question 21

What should you do when buying fruit and vegetables?

Answer 21

• Can be purchased at any grocery store
• Organic fruit and veg can be bought at farms or stalls
• You can buy canned and frozen fruit and veg at any store
• It is better to buy fruit and veg that are in season

Question 22

How should you store fruit and vegetables?

Answer 22

-Mathods: Freezing, freeze-drying, drying, canning, bottling, pickling, preserving, irradiation, dehydration, jamming.
-Fruits and vegetables are semi-perishables-store in a rack or basket at room temperature.
-Salad greens, should be safely stored in the refrigerator.
-Fruits and vegetables should be:
Protected from flies and dust.
Away from severe sunlight or intense draft.
Safe from splashes of water and kitchen soap.
Organised, so the kitchen stays clean
-Stored appropriately to avoid food spoilage such as enzymes, micro-organisms, moulds, yeasts etc…
-Severe changes in temperature can also cause fruits and vegetables to rot prematurely.

Question 23

How can you prepare fruit and vegetables?

Answer 23

• Fruits and vegetables, no matter their origins, should always be washed before use to rid them of wax coatings, insects and contaminants.
  -Previously frozen fruits and vegetables should be boiled before consumption to get rid of harmful bacteria.
  -Before handling fruits and vegetables, always wash your hands and dirty kitchen utensils/ clothes.
  -Any and all domestic animals and/ or pests should be kept out of contact with th fruits and vegetables to avoid spread of disease and germs.
• To prepare fruits and vegetables for cooking or raw consumption, use a clean chopping board and a sharp knife to avoid injury.
  -Always chop fruits and vegetables near a food waste bin or garbage disposal.

Question 24

What is a no-sugar diet?

Answer 24

The diet that substitutes high-sugar foods and drinks for for more natural, low-sugar and healthy products.
Reason to adopt this diet: to fight obesity and improve health. Examples:
Substituting chocolate and sweets for healthier snacks like fruit. Substituting fizzy drinks for calorie-free drinks such as water.
Substituting fast food for the healthier option.

Question 25

What is a low-salt diet?

Answer 25

The diet that substitutes high-salt foods for low-salt, more natural and healthier products.
Reasons: to decrease obesity, improve health, and rid oneself of or improve heart and blood pressure issues.
Examples:
Substituting fast food for all natural foods. Substituting unnatural snacks for healthier, nutritious options.

Question 26

What is a vegetarian diet?

Answer 26

The diet that does not involve consumption of any meats, shellfish or fish. It may also not involve consuming the by- products of animal slaughter.
Reasons for being vegetarian:
1) Because you believe it’s wrong to kill animals.
2) Because of your religion. (Hinduism.)
Guidelines for being a vegetarian:
1) Eat a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole cereals.
2) Consume soya milk to provide calcium.

Question 27

What is a vegan diet?

Answer 27

The diet that does not include the consumption of any meats, fish, shellfish, dairy products, animal byproducts, eggs and any other product made by an animal. This diet only involves eating plant and cereal foods.

Question 28

What are the citrus fruits?

Answer 28

Oranges, lemons, grapefruit, limes, tangerines, satsumas.