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| What does a healthy diet consist of? | The right balance of the different foods you need and the right amount of energy. |
| What are Carbohydrates, fats and proteins used for in the body? | To release energy and to build cells |
| What foods contain carbohydrates? | Pasta, Potatoes, Bread and Sugar |
| Why are Mineral ions and vitamins needed in the body? | For healthy functioning of the body |
| Where are proteins found? | In meat, fish, eggs, nuts and lentils |
| What is the function of proteins? | To build new tissue and for growing and repairing damaged tissue |
| Where are fats found? | Butter, lard and oils |
| What is the function of fats? | Provides stored energy |
| Why is water needed in the body? | As all chemical reactions in the body takes place in a watery environment |
| Where is fiber found? | Found in fruit and vegetables |
| What is the function of fiber? | Gives bulk to faeces to allow body to remove quickly and efficiently |
| How does a person loose mass? | When the energy content of the food taken in is less than the amount of energy expended by the body |
| What does exercise increase? | The amount of energy expended by the body |
| What is the metabolic rate? | The rate at which all the chemical reactions in the cells of the body are carried out |
| What affects the metabolic rate? | -The amount of activity you do -The proportion of muscle to fat in your body. -Inherited factors. |
| What is cholesterol? | A type of fat required to make cell membrane |
| What does too much cholesterol lead to? | Blocked arteries which can lead to a heart attack |
| What is type two diabetes? | A disease which is linked to being overweight and means you cannot control blood sugar levels. |
| What is blood sugar levels not being controlled linked to? | Insulin not working with the cells in the body to take sugar out of the blood. |
| What is a factor that can affect health? | Inherited factors |
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