Nutrition

Question 1

What do dieticians do?

Answer 1

Dieticians advise about variations in diet to control normal growth and some health problems.

Question 2

What is a balanced diet?

Answer 2

The whole range of nutrients, in the correct amounts.

Question 3

How does a person become malnourished?

Answer 3

Their diet is unbalanced.

Question 4

What can malnutrition lead to?

Answer 4

Obesity, or anorexia, or deficiency diseases such as scurvy, rickets and anaemia.

Question 5

What things can cause the amount of nutrients needed to change?

Answer 5

Pregnancy.
Growth.
Amount of physical exercise.
Disorders such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.

Question 6

What are the 7 groups needed in a balanced diet?

Answer 6

Carbohydrates.
Fats.
Protein.
Vitamins.
Minerals.
Fibre.
Water

Question 7

What foods contain a rich source of carbohydrate?

Answer 7

Potato, pasta, cereal, cakes, bread, whole grains, puddings, fruit, milk.

Question 8

What foods contain a rich source of fat?

Answer 8

Butter, chocolate, fish, cheese, nuts, meat.

Question 9

What foods contain a rich source of vitamin D?

Answer 9

Oily fish, eggs, cereals, powdered milk.

Question 10

What foods contain a rich source of vitamin A?

Answer 10

cheese, eggs, oily fish, milk and yoghurt.

Question 11

What foods contain a rich source of vitamin C?

Answer 11

Oranges, red and green peppers, strawberries, blackcurrants, broccoli, potatoes, Brussels sprouts.

Question 12

What foods contain a rich source of calcium?

Answer 12

Milk, Cheese and other dairy foods, Green leafy vegetables – such as Broccoli and Cabbage but not Spinach, Soya beans, Nuts, Bread.

Question 13

What foods contain a rich source of iron?

Answer 13

Liver, Meat, Beans, Nuts, Dried fruit, most dark-green leafy vegetables – such as watercress and curly kale.

Question 14

What foods contain a rich source of sodium chloride?

Answer 14

ready meals, meat products – such as bacon, cheese, some bread, savoury snacks.

Question 15

What do we need carbohydrates for?

Answer 15

Needed for the release of energy by aerobic respiration.

Question 16

What do we need protein for?

Answer 16

Needed for the growth and repair of body cells- needed for the production of antibodies, enzymes and other chemicals.

Question 17

What foods contain a rich source of protein?

Answer 17

Chicken, eggs, fish, meat, beans and pulses.

Question 18

What do we need fats for?

Answer 18

Provide energy, store energy, insulate the body, cushions body organs.

Question 19

What do we need vitamin A for?

Answer 19

Healthy skin and immune system, night vision.

Question 20

What do we need vitamin D for?

Answer 20

Needed for the absorption of calcium which is needed for strengthening bones.

Question 21

What do we need vitamin C for?

Answer 21

Healthy skin and immune system, healing wounds, and iron absorption.

Question 22

What do we need calcium for?

Answer 22

Strengthening bones and teeth, needed for blood clotting.

Question 23

What do we need iron for?

Answer 23

Needed for the production of haemoglobin which carries oxygen in red blood cells.

Question 24

What do we need sodium chloride for?

Answer 24

Keep fluid balance in the body.

Question 25

What do we need fibre for?

Answer 25

Prevent constipation, aid healthy digestion, provides roughage to keep food moving.

Question 26

What do we need water for?

Answer 26

Needed in chemical reactions, transporting substances and removing waste.

Question 27

What does calcium deficiency cause?

Answer 27

Increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Severe asthma.
Cancer.

Question 28

What does iron deficiency cause?

Answer 28

Anaemia.

Question 29

What are the consequences of excess salt intake?

Answer 29

High Blood Pressure.

Question 30

What are the consequences of excess sugar intake?

Answer 30

Cavities, obesity, type 2 diabetes, liver failure, kidney disease, high blood pressure, heart disease.

Question 31

What are the benefits of omega 3?

Answer 31

Regulates cholesterol levels, benefits your hearts health.

Question 32

What does a food analyst do?

Answer 32

Uses a range of techniques to determine the contents of foods and the quantities.

Question 33

What happens when you add iodine solution to a starch?

Answer 33

It produces a purple-black colour.

Question 34

What happens when you add biuret reagent to protein?

Answer 34

Changes from blue to purple

Question 35

What happens when you add benedict’s solution to glucose?

Answer 35

should turn orange/red.