Nutrition and diet
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What is the importance of carbohydrates in the diet?
To give energy
What is the importance of protein in the diet?
To grow and repair cells
What is the importance of fat in the diet?
To give energy and to protect cells
What is the function of fiber in the body?
To help with the process of peristalsis
What is diet?
A diet is the Quantity and Quality of food you eat
What is Benedict’s solution used to test for?
Reducing sugars
If i put food into a contaner and drop iodine in it and it turns blue black what nutrient is present?
Starch
What is the deficiency disease in carbohydrates?
marasmus
Kwashiorkor is the deficiency in which nutrent?
protein
Goiter is caused by the lack of which mineral ?
iodine
beri-beri is caused by deficiency which vitamin
Vitamin B
A lack in vitamin A causes?
Night blindness
A lack in vitamin C causes ?
Scurvy
A lack in vitamin D causes ?
Rickets
A lack in iron causes ?
Anemia