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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 9-11 servings daily
Vitamin B
breads and grains
Carbohydrates
monochromatic
2. Gives you healthy skin and eyes
Minerals: Description
vitamin a...
Minerals: Types
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
3. Amino acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained from food.
Vitamin C
vitamin a...
Kwashiokor
Essential Amino Acid
4. 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.
Hydrolysis
water
Vitamin a...
oats
5. A semi-solid viscous solution with a 3-D network where water molecules become trapped. Gelatine is used as a setting agent.
Pepsidase
Gel
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Meat or Protein
6. Helps eyes adjust to darkness - protects lining of throat - nose and mouth and other organs from infection eggs - dark green veggies - deep yellow veggies and fruits
vitamin a...
chaos
water
Low Biological Value Protein
7. The process of breaking down food into a form the body can use
1 cup butter
thiamine
digestion
relaxation
8. An enzyme made in the stomach which breaks protein into peptones.
vitamin a...
Pepsidase
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Pepsin
9. This nutrient group helps you have healthy blood pressure
High Biological Value
Denaturation
iron
Moderate Hot
10. Built in a factory and installed at a specific site
space
Conjugated Protein
manufactured home
Vitamin D
11. 20g
1 tablespoon butter
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vitamin a...
Very slow
12. House built in rows and attached to one another at the side wall
town home
Essential Amino Acid
water
Minerals: Description
13. Eggs belong in this food group
Meat or Protein
1 tablespoon
oats
monochromatic
14. Protein found in wheat - gives elasticity to foods e.g bread (Coeliacs are allergic to it)
Gluten
1 cup grated cheese
1 cup sifted flour
Malnutrition
15. Help keep the nervous system healthy - promotes growth - appetite and digestion whole grain and enriched breads and cereals - pork - organ meats - dry beans - peas
vitamin a...
Supplementary Value/ Complementary Value
thiamine
Malnutrition
16. Provides heat and energy - satify hunger - provides padding around heart and kidneys.
Vitamin B
Gluten
potassium
Fats: Description
17. Keeps the body healthy protecting it from diseases such as scurvy (Vit. C) and rickets (Vit. D).
fiber
Vitamins: Description
Kwashiokor
calcium
18. Helps have healthy gums and teeth <3
nutrients
calcium
analogous
width
19. A in butter. B in wholegrain and cereals. C in citrus fruits. D in butter.
calcium
calcium
fiber
Vitamins: Types
20. Colour change which occurs when amino acids and sugar are exposed to dry heat. Also known as non-enzymic browning.
calcium
1/4 teaspoon
nutrients
Maillard Reaction
21. Helps body fight infection - helps wounds heal - helps keep gums healthy citrus fruits - berries - melon
Vitamin B
vitamin a...
sugar and fats
vitamin c
22. Iron for healthy blood - calcium for healthy bones - iodine for proper functioning of thyroid gland.
Coagulation
Minerals: Description
1 teaspoon
vitamin a...
23. A nutrient needed in large amounts (protein - carbohydrate - lipid)
Macronutrient
calcium
Enzyme
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24. 10g
calcium
Slow
digestion
1 tablespoon flour
25. Denaturing a protein (liquid to a solid) e.g. cooking an egg
Carbohydrates: Types
calcium
Coagulation
Kwashiokor
26. 20g
vitamin c
1 tablespoon
Vitamin a...
monochromatic
27. Builds new cells - muscles - hair - repairs tissue - supplies heat and energy if necessary.
Protein: Description
complementary
magnesium
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
28. Vegetables are a great source of this
Vitamin a...
iron
1 cup butter
magnesium
29. Low fat milk - non fat yogurt - and lite sour cream are low in this nutrient
Carbohydrates: Types
saturated fats
Very slow
minerals
30. Should be eaten sparingly
space
Vitamins: Types
fats or extras
1 cup white sugar
31. Provides heat and energy in sugars and starches and fibre prevents constipation for healthy bowels.
vitamin a...
iron
Nutrient
Carbohydrates: Description
32. Built to a persons specifications
Hot
width
Enzyme
custom homes
33. 230 - 250
Very Hot
1 tablespoon flour
custom homes
1 tablespoon butter
34. The nutrient that helps carry nutrients throughout the body - helps regulate body temperature - and digest food
Deamination
water
Hot
Water: Description
35. Keeps bowels regular
fiber
cholesterol
osteoporosis
Vitamin D
36. Catalyst that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being used up itself.
Enzyme
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
vitamin d
water
37. Butter - Margarine - Oil - Cream
Fats: Types
thiamine
Carbohydrates: Types
Gel
38. Helps muscles contract - helps produce energy - helps regulate many body functions nuts - peanut butter
fats or extras
magnesium
Vitamin a...
1 tablespoon
39. Severe protein deficiency resulting in thin limbs - sunken face and pot belly. Occurs in 3rd World countries.
1 cup butter
olive oil
Marasmus
iron
40. One hue
monochromatic
1/4 teaspoon
minerals
thiamine
41. Describes the way an object surface looks and feels
texture
Source
monochromatic
thiamine
42. 150
nutrients
analogous
Enzyme
Slow
43. Where a food is missing one or more of the essential amino acids. They are usually plant foods.
calcium
1 cup white sugar
Low Biological Value Protein
Protein: Types
44. The function / job of a nutrient in the body.
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Biological Function
1 cup butter
Peptide Link / Peptide Bond
45. Similar to a duplex - but three or more units share one family pays rent
Vitamin a...
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Enzyme
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
46. A food contains all the essential amino acids - also known as a complete protein. Usually comes from animal sources but is found in soya beans.
High Biological Value
magnesium
Hydrolysis
calcium
47. Enzyme made in the stomach which breaks caesinogen into caesin.
minerals
sugar and fats
1 cup butter
Rennin
48. Chemical reaction when 2 amino acids join together with the elimination of water. Amino group of one amino acid combines with the carboxyl group of another amino acid.
thiamine
Condensation Reaction
iron
Source
49. 120
saturated fats
Vitamin B
Vitamin a...
Very slow
50. Help the body build and repair and maintain tissues and body cells
texture
Low Biological Value Protein
monochromatic
proteins