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    The document discusses different nutrients found in food including protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water. It explains that a balanced diet provides enough of each nutrient and the right amount of energy. It also discusses some nutritional deficiency diseases that can occur if not getting enough of certain nutrients like scurvy from lack of vitamin C, rickets from lack of vitamin D, anemia from lack of iron, and weak bones from lack of calcium.

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    The document discusses different nutrients found in food including protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water. It explains that a balanced diet provides enough of each nutrient and the right amount of energy. It also discusses some nutritional deficiency diseases that can occur if not getting enough of certain nutrients like scurvy from lack of vitamin C, rickets from lack of vitamin D, anemia from lack of iron, and weak bones from lack of calcium.

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    The document discusses different nutrients found in food including protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water. It explains that a balanced diet provides enough of each nutrient and the right amount of energy. It also discusses some nutritional deficiency diseases that can occur if not getting enough of certain nutrients like scurvy from lack of vitamin C, rickets from lack of vitamin D, anemia from lack of iron, and weak bones from lack of calcium.

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    UNIT 2: FOOD!

    AND

    DIGESTION
    Nutr ents are substances n food that the body uses:

    to prov de energy

    to prov de mater als for mak ng the chem cals


    that are needed to make cells and other parts
    of the body
    PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATE AND FAT
    The nutrients that we need to eat in the
    largest quantity are protein,
    carbohydrate and fat.
    PROTEINS
    Protein is used for making new cells.
    Protein is also used for making many important
    chemicals in the body, such as enzymes and
    antibodies.
    Cells can use protein to supply energy.
    CARBOHYDRATES
    Carbohydrate s used to prov de energy.

    STARCH
    Two k nds of carbohydrate
    SUGAR
    FATS
    Fat also prov des energy.
    Fat can be stored n the body.
    Fat stores underneath the sk n prov de
    nsulat on.
    Fat s needed to make new cell membranes.
    VITAMINS AND MINERALS
    V tam ns and m nerals are nutr ents that we
    need n only very small quant t es.
    They do not prov de energy.
    Fru ts and vegetables are a good source of
    v tam ns and m nerals
    FIBRE AND WATER
    F bre (roughage) helps to food keep mov ng
    eas ly through the d gest ve system.
    We get f bre from fresh food and vegetables,
    and also from foods made from whole seeds such
    as brown r ce or wholemeal bread.
    Water s somet mes cons dered to be a nutr ent.
    1) Expla n the d fference between
    food and nutr ents.

    Food s someth ng we eat.


    Nutr ents are substances that are
    found n foods.
    2) What are the names of seven k nds of
    nutr ents ?
    Carbohydrate, protein, fat, minerals, vitamins,
    fibre, water
    3) Wh ch three nutr ents prov de the
    body w th energy ?
    Carbohydrate, protein and fat
    A BALANCED
    DIET
    Your diet is the food that you eat each day.
    Your diet should provide you with enough of
    each kind of nutrient. It should also give you
    the right amount of energy.
    A diet that provides all
    the different kinds of
    nutrients, and the right
    amount of energy is
    called a balanced diet.
    NUTRITIONAL
    DEFICIENCIES
    If a person does not eat enough of a particular
    nutrient, their body may not be able to work properly.
    They may have a nutritional deficiency disease.
    VITAMIN C
    Good Sources: Citrus fruits
    Function in the body: Helps to
    make strong skin
    Deficiency Disease: Scurvy-the
    skin becomes weak, so sores
    develop.
    VITAMIN D
    Good Sources: Dairy products
    Function in the body: Needed to
    make bones and teeth
    Deficiency Disease: Rickets- the
    bones are weak, so the legs may
    become bent
    IRON
    Good Sources: Red Meat, dark green
    vegetables
    Function in the body: Needed to make
    haemoglobin, which carries oxygen in
    the blood.
    Deficiency Disease: Anemia- the blood
    cannot carry enough oxygen, and the
    person feels tired.
    CALCIUM
    Good Sources: Dairy products, fish
    Function in the body: Needed to make
    bones and teeth
    Deficiency Disease: The bones and teeth
    become weak

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