Nutrition Flashcards
What do dieticians do?
Dieticians advise about variations in diet to control normal growth and some health problems.
What is a balanced diet?
The whole range of nutrients, in the correct amounts.
How does a person become malnourished?
Their diet is unbalanced.
What can malnutrition lead to?
Obesity, or anorexia, or deficiency diseases such as scurvy, rickets and anaemia.
What things can cause the amount of nutrients needed to change?
Pregnancy.
Growth.
Amount of physical exercise.
Disorders such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
What are the 7 groups needed in a balanced diet?
Carbohydrates. Fats. Protein. Vitamins. Minerals. Fibre. Water
What foods contain a rich source of carbohydrate?
Potato, pasta, cereal, cakes, bread, whole grains, puddings, fruit, milk.
What foods contain a rich source of fat?
Butter, chocolate, fish, cheese, nuts, meat.
What foods contain a rich source of vitamin D?
Oily fish, eggs, cereals, powdered milk.
What foods contain a rich source of vitamin A?
cheese, eggs, oily fish, milk and yoghurt.
What foods contain a rich source of vitamin C?
Oranges, red and green peppers, strawberries, blackcurrants, broccoli, potatoes, Brussels sprouts.
What foods contain a rich source of calcium?
Milk, Cheese and other dairy foods, Green leafy vegetables – such as Broccoli and Cabbage but not Spinach, Soya beans, Nuts, Bread.
What foods contain a rich source of iron?
Liver, Meat, Beans, Nuts, Dried fruit, most dark-green leafy vegetables – such as watercress and curly kale.
What foods contain a rich source of sodium chloride?
ready meals, meat products – such as bacon, cheese, some bread, savoury snacks.
What do we need carbohydrates for?
Needed for the release of energy by aerobic respiration.
What do we need protein for?
Needed for the growth and repair of body cells- needed for the production of antibodies, enzymes and other chemicals.
What foods contain a rich source of protein?
Chicken, eggs, fish, meat, beans and pulses.
What do we need fats for?
Provide energy, store energy, insulate the body, cushions body organs.
What do we need vitamin A for?
Healthy skin and immune system, night vision.
What do we need vitamin D for?
Needed for the absorption of calcium which is needed for strengthening bones.
What do we need vitamin C for?
Healthy skin and immune system, healing wounds, and iron absorption.
What do we need calcium for?
Strengthening bones and teeth, needed for blood clotting.
What do we need iron for?
Needed for the production of haemoglobin which carries oxygen in red blood cells.
What do we need sodium chloride for?
Keep fluid balance in the body.
What do we need fibre for?
Prevent constipation, aid healthy digestion, provides roughage to keep food moving.
What do we need water for?
Needed in chemical reactions, transporting substances and removing waste.
What does calcium deficiency cause?
Increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Severe asthma.
Cancer.
What does iron deficiency cause?
Anaemia.
What are the consequences of excess salt intake?
High Blood Pressure.
What are the consequences of excess sugar intake?
Cavities, obesity, type 2 diabetes, liver failure, kidney disease, high blood pressure, heart disease.
What are the benefits of omega 3?
Regulates cholesterol levels, benefits your hearts health.
What does a food analyst do?
Uses a range of techniques to determine the contents of foods and the quantities.
What happens when you add iodine solution to a starch?
It produces a purple-black colour.
What happens when you add biuret reagent to protein?
Changes from blue to purple
What happens when you add benedict’s solution to glucose?
should turn orange/red.
