biology unit !
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- Created on: 16-05-16 21:05
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- Diet and metabolic rate
- A balanced diet keeps you healthy
- carbohydrates are needed to release energy.
- you need fat to keep warm and it releases energy
- you need protein to build and repair cells
- tiny amount of vitamins an mineral ions are to keep your skin, bones, blood and everything else healthy.
- Different people have different energy needs
- you need energy to fuel the chemical reactions in the body that keeps you alive, these reactions are called your metabolism.
- the speed these reactions happen at is your metabolic rate. This depends on:
- HOW MUCH MUSCLE YOU HAVE: more muscle than fat, you will need more energy, so you'll have a high metabolic rate.
- HOW ACTIVE YOU ARE: if you exercise more you will need more energy so you will have a high metabolic rate.
- Inherited factors
- Different people have different energy needs
- A balanced diet keeps you healthy
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