Tips For Eating Well 🍗 Flashcards
How much do starchy carbohydrates make up of the food you eat?
Over 1/3
What foods does starchy carbohydrates include?
Potatoes 🥔
Bread 🍞
Rice 🍚
Pasta 🍝
Cereals 🥣
What are three higher fibre varieties?
Whole wheat pasta 🍝
Brown rice 🍚
Potatoes with skins 🥔
What can food that has more fibre than white or refined starchy carbohydrates help you do?
Feel full for longer
What are the two main types of fat?
Saturated and unsaturated
What type of fat is good for the heart?
Saturated fat
What type of fat is bad for the heart?
Unsaturated fat
What can too much saturated fat do?
Increase the amount of cholesterol in the blood which increases your risk of developing heart disease
What can increase your risk of developing heart disease?
If the amount of cholesterol in your blood increases
Name five foods that saturated fat is found in
Fatty cuts of meat 🥩
Sausages 🌭
Butter 🧈
Cream 🥣
Pies 🥧
What three things contain saturated fats
Vegetable oils and spreads 🫒
Oily fish 🐟
Avocados 🥑
What are sugary foods and drinks high in
Energy
What is energy measured in
Kilojoules and calories
If sugary foods and drinks are consumed too much what happens
Weight gain, tooth decay
How can tooth decay be caused (this is to do with the timing)
when eaten between meals
An unbalanced diet can lead to…
Dietary disorders
Having intakes of energy and/or nutrients below or an excessive needs for long periods of time can affect….
Health
What is one of the most common dietary related disorder suffered in the UK
Obesity
What are six common dietary related disorders suffered in the UK?
Obesity
Coronary heart disease
Rickets
Tooth decay
Anaemia
Type 2 diabetes
Usually the chances of developing dietary diseases are influenced by a range of factors. What are these called?
Risk factors
For the dietary related diseases common in the UK, what two things can be the risk factors
Our diet, our lifestyle or both
What normally increases the risk of developing a disease?
A combination of our diet and our lifestyle
