Nutrients

Question 1

Types of nutrients?

Answer 1

Protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, minerals

Question 2

What is HBV?

Answer 2

High biological protein foods where they contain all the essential amino acids

Question 3

What is LBV?

Answer 3

Low biological protein foods that are missing one or more essential amino acids

Question 4

What is the function of proteins?

Answer 4

Growth of the body
Repair of the body when it is injured
Fiving the body energy

Question 5

Name HBV protein foods?

Answer 5

Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk, yogurt, quark, soya beans, quinoa

Question 6

Name LBV protein foods?

Answer 6

Beans, peas, lentils, cereals, oats, barley, rye, millet, nuts, seeds, gelatine

Question 7

What is the function of carbohydrates?

Answer 7

To give energy for the body to move, produce heat, make sound, digest food, use the brain

Dietary fibre helps the body rid of waste products from the intestines

Question 8

Two groups of carbohydrates?

Answer 8

Sugars (simple carbohydrates)
Complex carbohydrates

Question 9

Types of sugars?

Answer 9

Glucose
Fructose
Galactose
Maltose
Sucrose
Lactose

Question 10

Types of complex carbohydrates?

Answer 10

Starch
Pectin
Dextrin
Dietary fibre/ non starch polysaccharide (NSP)

Question 11

Name glucose foods?

Answer 11

Ripe fruits and vegetables (apples, beetroot, parsnip, sweet potato

Question 12

Name fructose foods?

Answer 12

Fruits, vegetables, honey

Question 13

Galactose foods?

Answer 13

Milk from mammals

Question 14

Name maltose foods?

Answer 14

Barley, syrup, biscuits, hot drink powders, confectionary

Question 15

Name sucrose foods?

Answer 15

Sugar from sugar cane and sugar beet, many processed foods

Question 16

Name lactose foods?

Answer 16

Milk and milk products

Question 17

Name starch foods?

Answer 17

Wheat, rice oats, barley, maize, pasta, breads, cakes, potatoes, parsnip, pumpkin, butternut squash, peas, beans, seeds

Question 18

Name pectin foods?

Answer 18

Oranges, lemons, limes, apples, apricots, plums, greengages, carrots

Question 19

Name dectrin foods?

Answer 19

Formed when starchy foods ( bread, cakes, biscuits) are baked or toasted

Question 20

Name NSP (dietary fibre/non-starch polysaccharide) foods?

Answer 20

Wholegrain cereals e.g breakfast cereals, bread, pasta, flour, fruits and vegetables, peas, beans, lentils, seeds, nuts

Question 21

What is the function of fats?

Answer 21

Gives energy stored in the body
Insulates the body
Protects the bones and kidneys
Provides ‘fat soluble’ vitimins A, D, E, K

Question 22

Name the types of fats?

Answer 22

Essential fatty acids
Solid fats
Liquid plant oils
Visible fats and oils
Invisible fats and oils

Question 23

Name essential fatty acids foods?

Answer 23

Oily fish, plant oils, seeds, eggs, fresh meat

Question 24

Name solid fat foods?

Answer 24

Butter, lard, suet, ghee, palm oil, coconut and chocolate

Question 25

Name liquid plant oils?

Answer 25

Olive, rapeseed, sunflower, corn oils Oily fish, avocado pears, nuts, seeds

Question 26

Name visible fats and oils?

Answer 26

Meat, oil in tuna, butter, lard, suet, block vegetable fat, ghee, plant oils

Question 27

Name invisible fats and oils?

Answer 27

Cakes, pastries, potato crisps, chips, biscuits, chocolate, nuts, cheese, fried food, meat prodcuts

Question 28

What is the function of vitimins?

Answer 28

To keep skin healthy To enable children to grow Produce antioxidant, to prevent heart disease and cancer

Question 29

Name types of vitimins?

Answer 29

Vitamin D Vitamin C Vitamin A Vitamin E Vitamin K Vitamin B (1), (2), (3), (9), (12)

Question 30

Function of Vitamin D (fat soluble)?

Answer 30

Helps the body absorb the mineral calcium during digestion Helps calcium to be laid down in the bones and teeth to strengthen

Question 31

Foods that contain Vitamin D?

Answer 31

Sunlight, oily fish, meat, eggs, butter, vegetable fat spreads, fortified breakfast cereals

Question 32

Function of Vitimin E (fat soluble)

Answer 32

Antioxidant, which helps prevent the development of heart disease and cancer

Question 33

Foods that contain Vitamin E?

Answer 33

Soya beans, corn oil, olive oil, nuts, seeds, whole wheat, vegetable fat spreads

Question 34

Function of vitimin K (fat soluble)?

Answer 34

Helps the blood clot after an injury

Question 35

Foods that contain vitimin K?

Answer 35

Green, leafy vegetables, liver, cheese, green tea

Question 36

Function of Vitimin B1?

Answer 36

Allows energy to be released from carbohydrates in the body

Question 37

Foods that contain Vitamin B1?

Answer 37

Meat, milk, cheese, eggs, vegetables, fresh and dried fruit, wholemeal bread, flour

Question 38

Function of vitamin B2?

Answer 38

Allows energy to be released from carbohydrates, fats and proteins in the body

Question 39

Foods that contain Vitamin B2?

Answer 39

Milk and milk products, eggs, fortified breakfast rice, mushrooms

Question 40

Function of Vitamin B3?

Answer 40

Allows energy to be released from carbohydrates, fats and proteins in the body

Question 41

Foods that contain Vitmamin B3?

Answer 41

Beef, pork, wheat flour, maize corn, eggs, milk

Question 42

Function of Vitamin B9?

Answer 42

Helps to make healthy red blood cells Helps to prevent spinal cord defects in unborn babies

Question 43

Foods that contain Vitamin B9?

Answer 43

Yeast extract (marmite), peas, chickpeas, asparagus, wholegrain rice, fruits

Question 44

Function of Vitimin B12?

Answer 44

Helps to make healthy red blood cells Helps to make healthy nerve cells

Question 45

Foods that contain vitamin B12?

Answer 45

Liver, meat, fish, cheese, fortified breakfast cereals, yeast

Question 46

Function of Vitamin C?

Answer 46

Helps the body absorb the mineral iron during digestion Helps maintain connective tissue, which binds body cells together Antioxident, which helps prevent the development of heart disease and cancers

Question 47

Foods that contain vitamin C?

Answer 47

Oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, blackcurrants, kiwi fruit, guavas, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, new potatoes, milk, liver

Question 48

Function of minerals?

Answer 48

Helps to make and strengthen bones and teeth Makes nerve and muscles work Helps blood to clot after an injury

Question 49

Name types of minerals?

Answer 49

Iron Calcium Magnesium Sodium Potassium

Question 50

Types of macronutrients?

Answer 50

Protein Fat Carbohydrate

Question 51

Types of micronutrients?

Answer 51

Vitamins and minerals

Question 52

Function of Calcium?

Answer 52

Builds strong bones and teeth

Question 53

Function of Iron

Answer 53

Helps red blood cells carry oxygen around the body

Question 54

Function of magnesium?

Answer 54

Makes some glands in your body work properly

Question 55

Function of potassium?

Answer 55

Helps the heart to work properly

Question 56

Function of sodium?

Answer 56

Balanced the fluids in the body