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SG food chemistry
final exam
Question | Answer |
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Important chemicals needed by the body for growth,cell repairs, and energy. | nutrient |
Nutrients needed in large quantities. | Macro-nutrients |
Nutrients needed in small quntities of vitamins and mierals. | Micro-nutrients |
Bad fats | Saturated fats |
Iron, calcium,and zinc | Minerals |
Beans,peas,and rices | Legumes |
Glucose,starch, both sugars. | Carbohydrates |
What food is a good source for vitamin A | carrot |
What food is a good source for vitamin C | citric foods |
What are the 4 types of sugars | glucose, fructose, lactose, sucrose |
All sugars end in what suffix | ose |
Name two health problems if you have two much sugar | diabetes, tooth decay |
What does glucose provide to the body | energy |
Proteins help your body do what two things | grow, repair itself |
Name 4 parts of your body that are made up of protein | skin, hair, muscles, organs |
Name 4 main food sources of protein | legumes, egg whites, meat, fish |
What is the principal source of starch on our planet | Rice |
Name 4 foods, other than what we tested, that are a source of starch | pasta, corn, bread, potatoes |
Without starch your body starts to burn what two things | fat, muscle |
Your body first turns starch into | Sugar |
After your body turns starch into sugar, then it turns the excess into | fat |
What does starch provide the body | energy |
Why do people in different parst of the world eat different kinds of starch | Thats what their culture is |
Name 3 ways that fat tissue helps your body | cushions organs, insulates your body, protects your bones |
Name the 2 kinds of fat | saturated, unsaturated |
Which is the unhealthy fat the cause health concerns, what are two concerns | Saturated fat. Cancer & Heart disease |