GCSE Food Nutrition-Nutrients:Mindmap
- Created by: Grace Millward
- Created on: 06-08-20 15:08
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- Food nutrition
- Macronutrients
- nutrients needed by the body in large quantites to bulk your diet
- Micronutrients
- nutrients that are vital to health byt are rquired in very small quantites
- Kcals
- Men need a daily average of 2500 calories to maintain a healthy weight
- Women need a daily average of 2000 calories to maintain a healthy weight
- Carbohydrates
- Make up a third of our diet
- Provide energy
- eaten>broken down into glucose>absorbed into the blood stream>used for energy
- Provide 50% of our energy
- Excess is stored as body fat so should avoid white and processed items instead go for wholegrain
- Complex Carbs
- energy is released slowly throughout the day
- Simple Carbs
- Energy is released quickly by the body to provide a quick burst of energy however results in a crash leading to feeling extra tried
- Proteins
- proteins are long chains of amino acids,these are indispensable so they'll vital for survival and we can't live with them
- excess protein>converted into glucose?stored in the liver as glycogen> secondry source of energy
- Animal proteins
- HBV=high biological value
- contain all of the indispensable amino-acids
- meat
- fish
- Eggs
- fish
- meat
- contain all of the indispensable amino-acids
- HBV=high biological value
- Plant Proteins
- LBV=low biological value
- lack one or more of the indispensable amino acids
- LBV=low biological value
- Macronutrients
- Proteins
- Fats
- Carbs
- Minerals
- Vitamins
- potatoes
- pulses
- nuts
- rice
- pasta
- growth
- maintence
- repair
- maintence
- Lentils
- Cereals
- Nuts
- Fats
- provide energy
- provide vitamins A,D,E,K
- provide a protective layer around vital organs like the kidneys
- Animal Fats
- saturated fatty acids cause health issues as they block artiers
- converted to cholestrol in the liver
- Vegetable Fats
- unsaturated healthier fatty acid
- not converted to cholestrol
- avocardo
- olive oil
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