module 2 Flashcards
What does good nutrition give us or help us
Better health Strong immune system Become I'll less often Help you learn more effectively Stronger More productive
Name 7 nutrients and their role
Carbohydrates
Source and supply of energy
Lipids
Source and supply of energy. Are also used as electric conductors in nerve cells
Proteins
For growth and repair of muscle and body tissues
Minerals
Inorganic elements occurring in the body that are essential to its normal functions
Fibre
Indigestible, essential for healthy functioning of digestive system
Vitamins
Role in chemical processes taking place inside cells
Water
Transporting substances around body and a s a medium for chemical reactions
Why is it impossible to give guideline advice on energy intake that will apply to everyone
Because it depends on people level of activity and out level of activity isn’t always the same
H woo do you know if your diet contains enough energy
Change in mass ir weight
What is malnutrition caused by
An unbalanced diet
An example of the most common form of malnutrition in the west with explanation
Obesity
Consuming too much energy
Excess energy deposited as fat in adipose tissue
What bmi indicates underweight Healthy Overweight Obese
18.5 and below
18.5 to 25
25 o’t 30
30 and over
What is nutrition
It’s nourishment
The nutrients and energy needed for health and growth
What is a balanced diet
One that contains all the nutrients required for health in appropriate proportions
What is obesity
When a person is 20% or more heavier then the recommended weight for their height or when their bmi is over 30
Equation for bmi
Mass in kg
Divided by
Height in m squared
What 3 health problems is obesity considered to be a factor of
What 3 stuff is it also linked to
Coronary heart disease
Cancer
Type 2 diabetes
Gallstones
OsteoarthritisHypertension
How do you avoid becoming under or over weight
Balancing overall energy intake with energy use
How is CHD caused
Due to atherosclerosis which involves the deposition of fatty substances in the walls of the coronary arteries.
This narrows the lumen which restricts cloud flow to the heart which can cause oxygen starvation
Components of the duet that can decrease CHD?
Fibre and omega 3
What are the 3 components that are thought to increase risk of CHD
Salt
Lipids
Cholesterol
How can salt lead to CHD
Excess salt
Decreases water potential of blood
So blood pressure increases which can lead to hypertension
Hypertension can damage the inner lining of the arteries
This can lead to atherosclerosis
How can lipids cause CHD
Saturated fats are more harmful than unsaturated fats
Poly and mono unsaturated fats found in olive oil are beneficial to health
How can cholesterol increase risk of CHD
Found I eggs, meat, dairy products
made in the liver from saturated fats
Too much cholesterol in the blood is harmful
What is cholesterol used ti make
Steroid sex hormones and bile
How can cholesterol be soluble to be transported around body
Converted into a different firm as lipoprotein
What are lipoproteins
A molecule with the combination of lipid, cholesterol and protein used to transport fats and cholesterol aroubd the body
What are the types of lipoprotein
High density
Low density
What are hdl made out of
Unsaturated fats, proteins and cholesterol
Process of hdls
Carry cholesterol from the body tissues back to the liver
The cholesterol is used int cell metabolism or is broken down
So hdls are associated with reducing blood cholesterol
Process of ldls
Carry cholesterol from liver to body tissues
Ldl blood concentration will rise if too much saturated fats are consumed
The causes the fat to be deposited in the inner lining of the artery walls
What are ldls made out of
Saturated fats, protein and cholesterol
Role of poly and mono and saturated fats in affecting Ldl receptors
Saturated fats decrease activity of Ldl receptors
Less is removed from blood as blood Ldl concentration rises
So a higher concentration of Ldl in blood happens which lead to them being deposited in the artery walls
Polyunsaturated
Increase activity of the ldls receptors and so decrease concentration of Ldl in blood
Monounsaturated
Seem to help remive ldls from the blood too
Do we eat lipoproteins
No
5 ways of decreasing levels of ldls in blood
Not consuming a lot of stay rated fats
Having low fat duet to reduce overall concentration of lipoprotein
Eating a lot of unsaturated fats increases proportions of hdls which decrease blood cholesterol levels
Eating polyunsaturated fats ti reduce concentration of ldls in blood
Sting monounsaturated fats to help reduce blood Ldl concentration
What do plants make when they absorb carbon dioxide and what form
Carbohydrate
Starch
What are omnivores
Organisms that eat both plants and animals
How can we make food production more efficient in plants
Improve growth rate of crops
Increase size of yield from each plant
Reduces loss of plants due to disease and pests
Standardise plant size to make harvesting easier
Improve plant response to fertilisers
How can we make food production more efficient in animals
Improve growth rate
Increase productivity
Increase resistance to disease
What is artificial selection
Intentional breeding of certain traits
It’s purpose is to increase the benefits to humans
What are the 3 stages to selective breeding
Isolation
Artificial selection
Interbreeding
Who is applying the selection pressure during selective breeding
Humans
What is marker assisted selection
It’s when a section of dna is used as a marker to recognise the desired characteristic
Once offspring have been produced from selected offspring their dna is checked for the marker
Advantages of using marker assisted selection
Allows selection at an early stage
Examples of selective breeding
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Farmers breed cattle for high milk yield or meat production
Dairy cows can produce over 40 litres of milk a day
Chickens are bred for egg or meat production. Egg layers can produce over 300 a year whilst unselected one only produce 20 to 30 a year
Examples of marker assisted selection
Tomatoes have been bred with improved disease resistance. The allele responsible for the resistance (to yellow lead curl virus) was identified and bred into a domestic variety
Apley have been bred with improved disease resistance and improved flavour and texture
Hiw else can food production be improved other than selective breeding
Using fertilisers
Contain nitrate, potassium, phosphate and increase growth rate
Pesticides
Kill organisms that cause disease in crops which may affect for production
Antibiotics
Infected animals treated with antibiotics which reduces spread of disease among other animals especially when I’m close proximity. Diseases can decrease growth rate and impair reproduction
What is selective breeding
Where humans select the individual organisms that are allowed to breed according to chosen characteristics
What are fertilisers
Minerals needed for plant growth, which are added to soil to improve fertility
What are
Pesticides
Fungicides
Antibiotics
Chemical that kills pests
Chemical that kills fungi
Chemical that kills ir prevent reproduction of bacteria
4 ways microorganisms can spoil our food?
Visible growth
When fungi grow on food. When penicillium grows on bread
Exeter al digestions by releasing enzymes into food to absorb nutrients. Food becomes smells sweet as sugars are broken down from carbs
Production if toxins
Example botulin toxin on food
Or seen ce of micros can cause infection if on food
E.g. salmonella bacteria
W sense if preventing food spoilage
Killing micros ir preventing them from reproducing
10 ways to prevents food spoilage
Cooking
Heat denatured proteins
Pasteurised
Heating to 72 then cooling to 4 to kill enzymes quickly
Drying salting and coating in sugar
Due to difference in WP water leaves by osmosis cause sing them to dehydrate
Smoking
Smoke contains antibacterial chemicals
Pickling
Acid pH kills micros by denaturing their proteins
Irradiation
Disrupts their dna structure
Cooling and freezing
Growth, metabolism and reproduction of micros is slow
Canning
Airtight, not microbes cm can enter
Vacuum wrapping
Air excluded, no microbes can respire aerobically
Plastic or paper packaging
4 examples of food made with the help of micros
Cheese
Made from curdled milk. Acted upon by lactobacillus bacteria, favoured using fungi
Yoghurt
Same as milk uses lactobacillus bacteria
Alcohol
Product of anaerobic respiration if alcohol
Bread
Bubbles of gas collect in dough making it rise. This is cz of the anaerobic respiration of yeast which produces CO2 gas