Diet and Excerise
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- Diet and Excersise
- Nutrients
- a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and matintenance of life
- the main food groups are carbs, fats and protein
- mineral ions and vitamins are needed in a healthy diet. Theyre needed in small ammounts
- Imbalanced diet
- too little food can lead to someone being underweight
- A poor diet may lead to definicency diseases. Too little vitamin D can lead to Rickets
- Rickets affects the proper growth of the skeleton.
- Type 2 diabetes is also a problem related to a bad diet
- A poor diet may lead to definicency diseases. Too little vitamin D can lead to Rickets
- too much food can lead to someone being overweight
- too little food can lead to someone being underweight
- Metabolic Rate
- Repiration is a chemical reaction that allowes cells to release energy from food.
- The metabolic rate is the speed at which such chemical reactions take place
- This varies with age, gender and inherrited factors
- It is also affected by proportion of muscle fat in the body amd amount of physical activity
- iherited factors such as cholesterol levels in the blood can affect health
- Cholesterol is needed for healthy cell membranes.
- Too much cholesterol in the blood increases the risk of heart disease
- Cholesterol is needed for healthy cell membranes.
- This varies with age, gender and inherrited factors
- The metabolic rate increasesas we excercise and stays high for a while.
- People who excercise regularly are usually healthier than people who dont
- Nutrients
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