Diet

Diet

need a balanced diet
1. carbohydrate
2. proteins
3. minerals
4. vitamins
5. fats
reasons for...
1. carbohydrates
  1. energy source
2. proteins
  1. energy source
  2. growth and repair
3. fats
  1. energy source
4. minerals & vitamins
  1. keeping healthy
malnourished
1. too fat
2. too thin
3. deficiency diseases
losing body mass
1. slimming diets
2. eating less & exercising more
  1. both lead to more energy being used than taken in
    1. body forced to use stored fat as energy
metabolic rate
1. rate at which chemical reaction take place in cells
2. affected by genes
  1. inherited from parents
3. greater prop of muscle/fat
  1. the higher metabolic rate is
cholesterol
1. High level cholesterol
  1. increased risk of developing plaques
2. plaques
  1. develop in wall of arteries
    1. clots block arteries
      1. arteries stop oxygenated blood to heart muscle
        causes heart attacks
3. Low density lipoprotein
  1. bad cholesterol
    1. causes heart disease
4. high density lipoprotein
  1. helps protect against heart disease
    1. moves cholesterol from walls of blood vessels
saturated fat
1. lowers blood cholesterol level
2. some people keep lower blood pressure
  1. inherited from parents

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	Creado por Tayla-Danielle Verrier hace alrededor de 8 años