nutrition

what 7 elements make up a balanced diet?

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what are carbohydrates?

energy providers: sugar, pasta, rice

what are lipids?

fats and oils: batter, oily fish-provide energy, energy store, insulation

what are proteins?

growth and repair of tissue: meat, fish-provide energy in emergencies

what are the vitamins?

A, C, D

what does vitamin A do?

good for skin, vision and healthy hair e.g liver

what does vitamin C do?

prevent scurvy e.g oranges

what does vitamin D do?

aids calcium absorption e.g eggs

what are the mineral ions?

calcium, Iron

what does iron do?

make haemoglobin e.g red meat

what does calcium do?

help with bones and teeth e.g milk, cheese

what does water do?

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what does dietary fibre do?

helps with the movement of food through the gut (digestion) e.g whole meal bread

what things affect energy requirements?

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how does activity level affect energy requirements?

active people need more energy than people who sit around all day

how does age affect energy requirements?

children need more energy than older people as they need to grow and are generally more active

how does pregnancy affect energy requirements?

pregnant women need more energy as they need energy for their babies to grow

structure of digestive system

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what's the test for starch?

iodine (blue/black)

what's the test for glucose?

Benedict's solution (blue->green->yellow->orange->brick red)

what's the test for protein?

buiret (blue -> violet)

what's the test for lipids?

ethanol (water gets a milky colour)

what is ingestion?

consumption of food

what is digestion?

breaking down of food

what is egestion?

release of indigested food at the anus

what is excretion?

getting rid of the product of metabolic waste

what is absorption?

the process of moving molecules through the walls of the intestines into the blood

what molecules move through he small intestine?

digested food

what molecules move through the large intestine?

water

what is assimilation?

when digested molecules have been absorbed and they're moved into body cells, the digested molecules then become part of the cells

what is an example of assimilation?

when amino acids are assimilated they're used by cells to make cellular proteins

what parts make up the small intestine?

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where does he most digestion occur in the small intestine?

duodenum and jejunum

where does the most reabsorption occur in the small intestine?

ileum

what is he formation of carbohydrates?

carbon : hydrogen : oxygen 1 : 2 : 1

what is mechanical digestion?

the physical process of breaking down food e.g mouth, stomach

what is chemical digestion?

the break down of food by enzymes e.g mouth, stomach, small intestine

what are the adaptations of the small intestine?

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what do enzymes do for us?

break down food into useful things that our bodies need (different enzymes -> different components of food)

what happens in the stomach?

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what is the villi?

the surface trough which food diffuses in the small intestine

what are the characteristics of the villi?

-very thin walls enables molecules to pass through easily (1 cell thick)-on the outside there are capillaries picking up the diffused food into the blood stream

experiment for energy content for food

1.get a food that will burn easy e.g pasta 2.weigh a small amount of the food and then skewer it on a mounted needle 3.add water to a boiling tube (held with clamp)4.measure the temperature hen set fire to the food using a bunsen burner 5.hold the food under the boiling tube until it goes out -> relight until it can no longer relight 6.measure the temp of the water again 7.use the equation for energy to work it out

what is the equation for energy in food?

Energy(J) = mass of water(g) x water temp change(C°) x 4.2