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Flashcards by Mel Hughes , updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Mel Hughes
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is a balanced diet? | A diet containing the right amounts of: Fibre, Water, Minerals, Fats, Vitamins, Proteins, Carbohydrates. |
| What effect will Carbohydrates, proteins and fats do to the body? | They will release the energy needed to live and make new cells. |
| How do vitamins and minerals effect your body? | They make your body work healthily. Without them you will suffer deficiency diseases. |
| What''s the last word: Without a balanced diet, you will end up (...) | Malnourished |
| Define malnourished | Suffering from malnutrition. You will be weak and bad in health due to little food or to little of the types of food. |
| Our diet can become (...) based on the amount of energy we take in. | Unbalanced. |
| Too much food/energy makes you (...) | Gain weight. |
| Too little food/energy makes you (...) | Lose weight. |
| How much energy do you need? | The amount of energy you need depends on inherited factors and environmental factors. E.g. A male uses more energy than a female on average so he needs more food (chemical energy). |
| Key Point: | The amount of work you do is normally directly proportional to the amount of energy you need. |
| What does food (chemical energy) do to your body? | It supplies energy to your muscles as you work. The more energy you do, the more exercise you will need. |
| What is a metabolic rate? | The rate of chemical reactions that take place in your cells. |
| A metabolic rate varies from person to person depending on their ... | Age, size, gender and environmental factors. |
| The proportion of (...) to (...) affects your metabolic rate | Muscle and fat. |
| Your metabolic rate can be changed by ... | The amount of exercise you do. |
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