Food and Nutrition
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- What is food?
- Any solid or liquid substance which when taken by the body provides it with the necessary materails for it to grow.
- What is food continued...
- A substance when taken into the body helps it to replace worn our and damaged parts and to function properly.
- Define nutrition.
- Nutrition is food we eat whether liquid or solid and how the body uses it.
- Define nutrition continued...
- It is the taking in of food into the body, in order to make energy & give the materials for building up the body cells.
- What are nutrients
- Chemical substances found in food, which allows the body to function properly, eg protein, mineral, vitamins, fat, water & charbohydrates.
- What is diet?
- Foods that a person normally eat everyday. eg slimming diet, special diets or low fat diet.
- What is a balanced diet?
- A diet that provide the correct amounf of nutrients for the needs of an individual.
- What is malnutrition?
- An incorrect or unbalanced intake of nutrients.
- What is metabolism?
- The process by which food is digested and energy is supplied.
- What is nutritional status?
- This is your personal health condition which reflects your need for nutrients and use of them.
- Name 5 factors which influence food choices.
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Personal like and dislike.
Religion
Food availability (and varity on sale)
Food cost (financial)
Physical need ot the body. (eg diabetic) - Name 5 more factors which influenece food choices.
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Time available to shop & prepare food,
Storage preparation and cooking facility
Preception of of food- senses and food.
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smell - What are food groups?
- Food groups are food that are put into specific groups based on their nutrient content.
- How are the foods grouped within these groups?
- They are grouped accourding to their main nutrient or the nutrient found in the larges amount.
- What are the 6 food groups?
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Staples, lugumes and nuts, dark green leafy, yellow vegetables
Fruits
food from animals
fats - What are the two types of staples?
- Cereals and starchy fruits, roots & their products.
- Give examples of cereals.
- bread, flour, cornmeal, cooked and ready to eat cereal, macaroni, rice
- Give examples of starchy fruits and their products.
- banana, plantain, breadfurit, irish potatoe, dasheen,
- Name some of the nutrients that are found in the starchy fruits and products.
- carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and vitamins, and fibre.
- What are some to the nutrients found in legumes and nuts?
- Nutrients include:protein, carbohydrates, minerals, calcium, iron, fibre, Peans, beans and nuts.
- Give examples of dark, green leafy vegetables and yellow vegetables.
- pumkin, calalou, cabbage, carrot, lettuce etc.
- Give examples of nutrients found in dark green leafy vegs and yellow vegs.
- Nutrients include: vitamins A, C, B complex vitamins, minerals & fibre
- Give examples of fruits and nutrients found in them.
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mango, orange, apples, bananas etc.
Nutrients: carbohydrates, vitamins, C, A, B complex, minerals and fibre. - Give examples of food from animals.
- egg, cheese, chicken, pork
- Name some of the nurtrients we get from animals and their products.
- calcium, protein, vitamins, A & D (kidney iron) & fat.
- Give examples of fats.
- butter, margarine, fat on meats, cooking oil, salts.
- Name some to of the nutrients found in the fats
- Nutrients in fats are: fat, vitamin E.