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1. Foods from the extras group are usually high
Moderate Hot
breads and grains
Vitamin C
sugar and fats
2. Iron for healthy blood - calcium for healthy bones - iodine for proper functioning of thyroid gland.
Deamination
chaos
nutrients
Minerals: Description
3. Protein are formed as a result of chemical or enzymic action on the protein.
Derived Protein
Hot
olive oil
Rennin
4. 200
apartment home
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
water
Hot
5. Helps build strong muscles and repairs body tissue
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
1 cup white sugar
protein
width
6. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
width
Marasmus
Biological Value
Nutrient
7. Low fat milk - non fat yogurt - and lite sour cream are low in this nutrient
Essential Amino Acid
saturated fats
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
potassium
8. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
proteins
1 tablespoon flour
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
1/2 teaspoon
9. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
Vitamins: Description
Gel
electrolyte
iron
10. One hue
fiber
Essential Amino Acid
monochromatic
1 cup icing sugar
11. 190
Carbohydrates: Types
1/4 teaspoon
Moderate Hot
Nutrient
12. Keeps bowels regular
Meat or Protein
fiber
1/4 teaspoon
Minerals: Description
13. Builds up bone mass and prevents osteoporosis
calcium
Hot
Protein: Description
Marasmus
14. Formed when a number of amino acids join together due to the formation of peptide links.
Polypeptide
1 tablespoon
Protein: Description
height
15. 20mL
Vitamin D
Essential Amino Acid
1 tablespoon
height
16. Helps your body fight infection and helps cuts heal
Vitamin C
iron
Minerals: Types
Conjugated Protein
17. Vegetables are a great source of this
town home
electrolyte
Vitamin a...
Conjugated Protein
18. 20g
1 tablespoon
breads and grains
height
Marasmus
19. 175g
fats or extras
Source
1 cup icing sugar
calcium
20. Chemical substances that are needed in the body for correct functioning
Rennin
Nutrient
Gluten
1 tablespoon flour
21. 5mL
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon
space
Denaturation
22. Regulates body temperature - gets rid of waste via kidneys in urine - carries nutrients in blood.
Water: Description
Kwashiokor
Pepsin
Carbohydrates
23. 90 degrees of each other
1 tablespoon butter
Protein: Types
analogous
1 cup grated cheese
24. Good sources of this vitamin are oranges - kiwi - and grapefruit
Carbohydrates: Types
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
Vitamin C
Conjugated Protein
25. Curved
High Biological Value
Carbohydrates: Description
Vitamins: Types
relaxation
26. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
monochromatic
Vitamin C
Malnutrition
Carbohydrates: Description
27. Built to a persons specifications
Vitamin C
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
1 tablespoon
custom homes
28. A nutrient needed in large amounts (protein - carbohydrate - lipid)
Vitamin C
minerals
Hot
Macronutrient
29. The grain that has the highest amount of protein
fiber
1 cup sifted flour
Very Hot
oats
30. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use
Biological Function
vitamin c
height
digestion
31. Meat - Fish - Chicken - Milk - Cheese - Eggs - Soya beans
Meat or Protein
Protein: Types
Hot
Very slow
32. Irreversible reaction - unfolding of the protein chain - caused by HEAT - ADDITION OF ACID & MECHANICAL ACTION.
1 tablespoon flour
relaxation
oats
Denaturation
33. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall
saturated fats
relaxation
space
town home
34. The nutrient group that supplies us with energy
1/2 teaspoon
proteins
water
Carbohydrates
35. Measure of protein quality - number of essential amino acids a food contains - High Biological Value (HBV) Low Biological Value (LBV)
olive oil
Low Biological Value Protein
Biological Value
potassium
36. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
1 cup sifted flour
Enzyme
space
Kwashiokor
37. Cookie cutter house in master planned community - all have similar floor plans
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
Vitamins: Description
Kwashiokor
tract home
38. When 2 or more amino acids break apart due to the addition of a water molecule which splits the peptide link. This happen during digestion.
Conjugated Protein
Carbohydrates: Description
Hydrolysis
saturated fats
39. Your body needs this vitamin to absorb calcium
Vitamin D
Hot
1 cup icing sugar
Carbohydrates: Description
40. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
electrolyte
Gel
Deficiency
Moderate Hot
41. An enzyme made in the pancreas that travels to the duodenum and breaks peptones into peptides.
Very slow
vitamin c
Maillard Reaction
Trypsin
42. An enzyme made in the stomach which breaks protein into peptones.
potassium
Water: Description
oats
Pepsin
43. 150
Vitamin a...
Deficiency
Slow
width
44. Provides heat and energy - satify hunger - provides padding around heart and kidneys.
cholesterol
Low Biological Value Protein
Fats: Description
electrolyte
45. 2 or more proteins are eaten together to supplement each other. Occurs when one protein is lacking in one or more essential amino acids and is eaten with another food which contains the missing essential amino acid. E.g. beans on toast (Beans are hig
thiamine
Minerals: Types
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
electrolyte
46. The building blocks that make up proteins - Smallest part of a protein
calcium
1 tablespoon butter
Meat or Protein
amino acids
47. 250g
Conjugated Protein
1/2 teaspoon
1 cup butter
fats or extras
48. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
Kwashiokor
Deamination
Essential Amino Acid
Meat or Protein
49. This vitamin helps you have a healthy nervous system
apartment home
Vitamin B
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
oats
50. 10g
Moderate
Water: Types
Hydrolysis
1 tablespoon flour
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