Balanced diet
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- Created on: 14-04-13 17:02
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- Balanced diet
- Lipids
- cell membranes
- protection
- fatty acids and glycerol
- cheese
- meat
- insulation
- translucency test
- butter
- slow release energy
- Carbohydrates
- glycogen
- pasta
- starch
- Iodine test: iodine turns from brown to blue-black if starch is present
- bread
- glucose
- Benedict's solution: put the food tested in a test tube with benedict's solution. Heat it in a water bath. Benedict's solution turns from blue to brick-red if glucose is present. The more the colour of the solution is red or close to red after heating, the more their is glucose present in the food tested.
- rice
- cellulose
- potatoes
- fast energy release
- Protein
- amino acids
- enzymes
- fish
- meat
- nuts
- eggs
- hormones
- growth and repair
- biuret (lilac = light purple)
- Fibre
- stops constipation
- Vitamins & minerals
- lack of vitamin C causes scurvy
- lack of vitamin D causes rickets
- lack of iron causes anaemic
- lack of calcium causes your bones to be weak
- Lipids
- lack of vitamin D causes rickets
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