Minerals

Question 1

Are minerals organic or inorganic food substances?

Answer 1

Inorganic substances

Question 2

Do minerals have any energy value?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

What minerals needed for?

Answer 3

1. Regulating metabolic actions
2. Building body tissues

Question 4

What are the functions of calcium?

Answer 4

1. As a component of bones and teeth
2. Involved in blood clotting muscle contraction and sending messages in the nervous system

Question 5

What does the deficiency of calcium lead to?

Answer 5

Children: Rickets
Elderlies: Osteoporosis

Question 6

What are the symptoms of rickets?

Answer 6

1. Have soft bones
2. Legs will bend under the weight of the body
3. Children will not grow to normal height

Question 7

Why do elderlies have osteoporosis?

Answer 7

Calcium is lost from bones
-Loss in bone mass

Question 8

Where can calcium be found?

Answer 8

Canned sardines, milk, dairy products, tofu, green vegetables(spinach)

Question 9

What is iron?

Answer 9

A component of haemoglobin

Question 10

What is haemoglobin

Answer 10

A molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body

Question 11

What does the deficiency of iron lead to?

Answer 11

Anaemia

Question 12

What are the symptoms of anaemia?

Answer 12

Faint easily
-Not enough haemoglobin in red blood cells to carry oxygen to the brain

Question 13

Where can iron be found in?

Answer 13

Beef, liver, beans, cabbage, spinach