Food & Diet

Food & Diet

By J. Adderley

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Multiple Choice

Examples of carbohydrates are:

• Foods that give provide us with energy: Rice, potatoes and cereal.

• Foods that build and repair our bodies for growth: Meat, eggs and nuts.

• Foods that provide us with energy and helps protect our organs: Sunflower oil, butter and avocado pear.

• Foods that help our bodies develop and stay healthy: Fruit and vegetables.

Multiple Choice

Examples of proteins are:

• Foods that give provide us with energy: Rice, potatoes and cereal.

• Foods that build and repair our bodies for growth: Meat, eggs and nuts.

• Foods that provide us with energy and helps protect our organs: Sunflower oil, butter and avocado pear.

• Foods that help our bodies develop and stay healthy: Fruit and vegetables.

Multiple Choice

Examples of fats and oils are:

• Foods that give provide us with energy: Rice, potatoes and cereal.

• Foods that build and repair our bodies for growth: Meat, eggs and nuts.

• Foods that provide us with energy and helps protect our organs: Sunflower oil, butter and avocado pear.

• Foods that help our bodies develop and stay healthy: Fruit and vegetables.

Multiple Choice

A diet lacking in ___________ leads to the development of a disease known as scurvy.

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin B

• Vitamin C

• Vitamin D

Multiple Choice

Helps build strong bones and teeth in children; helps maintain bones in adults; known as the sunshine vitamin (Food Sources: fortified milk, butter and margarine; fish, liver; sardines; tuna; the sun)

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin D

• Vitamin C

• Thiamin

Multiple Choice

Promotes healthy gums and tissues; helps wound heal and broken bones mend; helps body fight infection (food sources: citrus fruits (lemons, oranges, limes) strawberries, cantaloupe, broccoli, green peppers, raw cabbages, tomatoes)

• Vitamin C

• Vitamin E

• Vitamin K

• Vitamin A

Multiple Choice

combines with protein to make hemoglobin; helps cells use oxygen (food sources: liver, lean meats, egg yolks, dried beans and peas)

• iron

• iodine

• water

• Vitamin c

Multiple Choice

Helps build bones and teeth, helps blood clot, helps muscles and nerves work, helps regulate the use of other minerals in the body (food sources: milk, cheese, other diary products, leafy green vegetables, and fish eaten with bones (sardines))

• Calcium

• iron

• phosphorus

• iodine

Multiple Choice

Water and dietary fibre are nutrients...

• True
• False

Multiple Select

Eating a diet high in fibre can help to prevent...

• Anaemia

• Beri-beri

• Colon cancer

• Weight gain