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Glucose
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Sugar
Found in fruit & starchy foods simple carbohydrate |
Benedicts Solution
put in boiling tube shake add water shake wait for color to change from blue to brick red |
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Starch
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Made of many sugars
Potatoes, pasta, all grains. complex carbohydrate |
add one drop of iodine to the powders
wait to turn blue-black |
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Fiber
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found in cell walls of plants
in whole grains, fruits and vegetables complex carbohydrate |
no test
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monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat
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fish and nuts
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prevents heart diseas and diabetes
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saturated fat
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chips, cookies, chocolate "junk food"
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causes heart disease
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Trans fat
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oil and margarine
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raises cholesterol and causes heart disease
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Protein
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eggs
beans tofu red meat |
replaces and repairs cells and tissues
makes new body proteins |
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Vitamin A
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orange fruits and vegetables
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eyesight and skin
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Vitamin B
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metallic activity
making red blood cells |
leafy green veggies
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Calcium
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berries, dates grapefruit, pears, oranges, dairy
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strengthens bones
helps nerves |
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Vitamin D
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sunlight
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needed to use calcium
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Vitamin K
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large intestine
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clot
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Phosphorous
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cheese
meat cereal |
strong bones and teeth
muscle contraction store energy |
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Potassium
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bananas
potatoes nuts meat oranges |
balance of water in cells
nerve impulse conduction muscle contraction |
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Sodium
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meat
milk cheese salt beets carrots most foods |
fluid balance in tissues
nerve impulse conduction |
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Iron
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red meat
raisins beans spinach eggs |
oxygen is transported in hemoglobin by red blood cells
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Iodine
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seafood
iodized salt used to detect starch |
thyroid activity
metabolic stimulation |
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water
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humans are 60% water. 2nd most important thing to live.
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most foods have a lot of water
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fat
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in junk food
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solid- rub on filter paper. if it leaves a smear, it has fat.
liquid-pur into test tube, add ethanol and water. shake. if emulsion forms, food contains fat. |
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calorimeter
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measures calories
a calorie is a measure of energy, enough energy to make 1 gram of water raise by 1 degree C |
a calorimiter has a big can with a smaller can suspended a little bit in it. the smaller can has a thermometer in it.
you put the food under the bigger can and set it on fire. the thermometer temperature will change depending on the amount of calories. |
