Food and Health

Remember:

• Food has different substances called nutrients.
• Different nutrients are found in different foods.
• To stay away or fight diseases we must eat healthy food.
• There are five types of nutrients- carbohydrates,proteins,fats,vitamins and minerals.

Energy giving foods

• Carbohydrates and fats give the body energy.
• Carbohydrates give fast energy for work or play. They are sugar and starches.
• They are found in rice,potato,bread,wheat,sugar and noodles.
• Fats give our body energy to store,for later use.
• They also help our body to stay warm.
• They are found in butter,oil,ghee,nuts and cheese.

Growth or body building foods.

• Proteins are known as the body building foods.
• They also help grow muscles and bones grow.
• If you are hurt it repairs the damage.

Protective foods.

• Vitamins and minerals are the protective foods.
• They are needed by  the body by a little quantity.
• Vitamins A,B,C,D,E and K.
• Calcium,phosphorus and iron are some of the minerals the body need.
• If the body does not  get the minerals properly it can result with diseases called deficiency diseases.

Water and Roughage

 

• Besides all the nutrients in the body water and roughage is also needed.
• Water is important for your body as it helps to digest food easily.
• Roughage which is also known as fibre. It cannot be digested by the body.

 

Balanced diet

 

• For keeping a proper balanced diet you have to little quantities of all types of food.
• To make it easier for a balance diet it is divided into four groups.

1. Cereals group
2. Vegetable and fruit group
3. Milk group
4. Protein groups

 

Diseases

Diseases are caused by tiny living things called germs. Others are caused by deficient diet.

Key points

 

• Infectious diseases

 

 

 

 

 

Test

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After writing the answers on a paper then scroll down to check the answers if they are correct.

 

 

1. What are the five types of nutrients?
2. What is another name for roughage?
3. How are diseases caused?
4. What types of minerals does the body need?
5. What groups is the balanced diet divided into?
6. What type of nutrient repairs damage?
7. If our body does not get proper minerals what type of diseases will it lead to?
8. What types of food are fats found in?
9. What types of food are minerals and vitamins?
10. What type of nutrient has sugar and starches?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers

 

 

1. Carbohydrates,fats,vitamins and minerals and proteins.
2. Fibre
3. By tiny living things called germs.
4. Calcium,phosphorus and iron.
5. Cereal group,vegetable and fruit group,milk group and protein group.
6. Proteins.
7. Deficiency diseases.
8. Butter,ghee,oil etc.
9. Protective foods
10. Carbohydrates.