Nutrients - Catering - Mindmap in GCSE Design & Technology: Food Technology

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Created on: 29-05-13 16:01

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Nutrients
- Protein
  - Growth,Healing and energy
  - Deficiency: Poor Growth, slow healing
  - Meat, Fish, Eggs, Milk, Cheese,Cereal, Pulses, Some Nuts
- Fat
  - Provides and stores Energy,insulates body, protects organs and skeleton, provides vitamins A,D,E,K
  - Meat, Oily Fish, Dairy Foods, Margarine, oils, fats, suet, nuts, seeds,egg yolk
  - Little Growth of body tissue, little acid
- Vitamin A
  - Aids Night Vision, keeps skin healthy
  - dairy produce, egg yolk, oily fish, fish liver oil Margarine, carrots, spinach, apricot, parsley, watercress
  - Night Blindness, leads to total blindness: Dry infected skin and poor growth
- Vitamin D
  - Helps to absorb calcium
  - Fish Liver Oils, liver, oily fish, milk,margarine
  - Weak Bones: leads to rickets: poor growth
- Vitamin E
  - Keeps Cell Membranes healthy, helps prevent heart disease
  - lettuce, peanuts, seeds, wheat germ, vegetable oils
  - Muscle tissue dmage: sweling of fatty tissue, increased breakdown of fatty tissues
- Carbohydrates
  - Lack of Energy
  - Bread, Cereals, Vegetables, Fruit, Sugars
  - provides energy
- Vitamin K
  - Helps Blood To clot after injury
  - Many foods especially green leafy vegetables
  - Rare- blood fails to clot properly: most likely to occur in newborn babies
- Vitamin B Group
  - Thiamin
    - Releases energy from carbohydrates, helps with groeth and the nervous system
    - Poor concentration and memory, anxiety, weak muscles, poor growth
  - Riboflavin
    - Releases energy from carbohydrates, proteins,and fats helps growth
    - Poor Growth, skin and eye infections, sore mouth
  - Nicotinic acid
    - Releases energy from carbohydrates
    - dermatitis, confusion, memory loss and diarrhea
  - Cobalamin (B12)
    - Helps body use protein properly; involved in many chemical reactions
    - Anaemia
  - Folic Acid
    - Release energy from foods
    - Poor growth - spinal bifidia in unborn babies, aneamia
  - Yeast, yeast extract, cereals, cereal products, meat, egg, milk
- Vitamin C
  - Helps body absorb iron: makes strong bones, teeth, blood, blood vessels, and connective tissue, keeps skin and digestive system healthy
  - Black currants, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, kiwi, peppers, potatoes, cabbage, peas, bean sprouts
  - Loose teeth, bleeding gums, loss of weight, slow healing, scurvy
- Calcium
  - Makes strong bones and teeth, helps blood to clot, keeps muscles and nerves healthy
  - Dairy produce,bread, cereal, leafy vegetables, canned fish bones.
  - Bones and teeth become worn and muscles and nerves don't function properly, may result in osteoporosis when old
- Iron
  - Helps carry oxygen around the body
  - Liver, Kidney, cocoa, curry powder, white bread, dried fruit, lentils, treacle, grean leaf vegtables
  - Tiredness,we-akness, pale skin
- Phosphorus
  - Same as calcium: releases energy from food
  - All animal and plant cells
- Chloride, Potassium, Sodium
  - Keeps body fluids at the right concentration
  - Salt and salty foods
  - Muscle cramps
Carbohydrates
- Lack of Energy
- Bread, Cereals, Vegetables, Fruit, Sugars
- provides energy