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Nutrients Flashcards

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Types of nutrients?

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Protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, minerals

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What is HBV?

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

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What is LBV?

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

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What is the function of proteins?

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

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5
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Name HBV protein foods?

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

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Name LBV protein foods?

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

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What is the function of carbohydrates?

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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

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Two groups of carbohydrates?

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Sugars (simple carbohydrates)
Complex carbohydrates

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9
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Types of sugars?

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Glucose
Fructose
Galactose
Maltose
Sucrose
Lactose

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Types of complex carbohydrates?

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

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Name glucose foods?

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

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Name fructose foods?

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Fruits, vegetables, honey

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Galactose foods?

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Milk from mammals

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Name maltose foods?

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Barley, syrup, biscuits, hot drink powders, confectionary

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Name sucrose foods?

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Sugar from sugar cane and sugar beet, many processed foods

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Name lactose foods?

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Milk and milk products

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Name starch foods?

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

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Name pectin foods?

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

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Name dectrin foods?

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

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

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

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What is the function of fats?

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

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Name the types of fats?

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

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Name essential fatty acids foods?

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

24
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Name solid fat foods?

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

25
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Name liquid plant oils?

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

26
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Name visible fats and oils?

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

27
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Name invisible fats and oils?

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

28
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What is the function of vitimins?

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

29
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Name types of vitimins?

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

30
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Function of Vitamin D (fat soluble)?

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Helps the body absorb the mineral calcium during digestion

Helps calcium to be laid down in the bones and teeth to strengthen

31
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Foods that contain Vitamin D?

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

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Function of Vitimin E (fat soluble)

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

33
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Foods that contain Vitamin E?

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

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Function of vitimin K (fat soluble)?

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Helps the blood clot after an injury

35
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Foods that contain vitimin K?

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Green, leafy vegetables, liver, cheese, green tea

36
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Function of Vitimin B1?

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Allows energy to be released from carbohydrates in the body

37
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Foods that contain Vitamin B1?

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

38
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Function of vitamin B2?

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

39
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Foods that contain Vitamin B2?

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

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Function of Vitamin B3?

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

41
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Foods that contain Vitmamin B3?

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

42
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Function of Vitamin B9?

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

43
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Foods that contain Vitamin B9?

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

44
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Function of Vitimin B12?

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

45
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Foods that contain vitamin B12?

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

46
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Function of Vitamin C?

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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

47
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Foods that contain vitamin C?

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

48
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Function of minerals?

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

49
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Name types of minerals?

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Iron
Calcium
Magnesium
Sodium
Potassium

50
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Types of macronutrients?

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Protein
Fat
Carbohydrate

51
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Types of micronutrients?

A

Vitamins and minerals

52
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Function of Calcium?

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Builds strong bones and teeth

53
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Function of Iron

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Helps red blood cells carry oxygen around the body

54
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Function of magnesium?

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Makes some glands in your body work properly

55
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Function of potassium?

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Helps the heart to work properly

56
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Function of sodium?

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Balanced the fluids in the body

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