Keeping Healthy: Diet And Exericse

Keeping Healthy - Unit 6

Deit and Exericse

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  • Diet And Exercise
    • The main food groups
      • Fats
        • Cheese, butter and oils
          • Source of energy for life processes
          • Make cell membranes and insulate the body
      • Carbohydrates
        • Potatoes , Pasta , Rice , Bread and Bananas
          • Source of energy for life processes
      • Protein
        • Meat , fish , egg and cheese
          • Grouth , Repair and building cells
    • Imbalanced Diet
      • Too much food = over weight
      • Too little food = under weight
      • Leads to deficiency disease
    • Metabolic Rate
      • Respiration chemical reaction allows cells release energy from food. Metabolic rate is speed at which chemical reactions take place in body.
      • Varies because of several factors, including age, gender and inherited factors.
        • Proportion of muscle to fat in the body
        • Amount of exercise 
      • The metabolic rate increases with exercise + stays high little afterwards
    • Cholesterol level blood can affect health
      • Cholesterol is made in the liver and is needed for healthy cell membranes
      • Too much cholesterol blood increases risk heart disease and diseased arteries.  

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