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What are carbohydrates used for in the body? |
To release energy |
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What are fats used for in the body? |
To keep warm and release energy |
Good in winter |
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What is protein used for in the body? |
For growth , cell repair and cell replacement |
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What is fibre used for in the body ? And what part of the body ? |
To keep everything moving smoothly through your digestive system
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Processing of foods |
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What are vitamins and minerals ions used for in the body? |
To keep everything generally healthy and functioning |
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What chemical reaction is fuelled by energy? |
Your metabolism |
It is different for everyone |
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Name 5 causes of eating too little? |
• malnourishment •slow growth in children •fatigue •poor resistance to infection •irregular periods in women |
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Name 5 causes of eating to much? |
•obesity •type 2 diabetes •blood cholesterol levels (saturated fat)
•high blood pressure (salt) •heart problems (salt) |
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What are the two main types of pathogen and what are they? |
•Bacteria are very small living cells
•Viruses are not cells they're smaller |
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What are viruses and how what happens when they replicate? |
•They are not cells
•They replicate themselves by invading human cells and using the cells machinery to produce copies.
•the copies will usually burst releasing all the new viruses.
•This cell damage makes you feel ill |
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What is bacteria and how does it make you feel ill ? |
•Bacteria are very small cells
•They make you feel ill by doing two things A)damaging your cells B)producing toxins (poisons)
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