Chap 3 Flashcards
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Name the 7 main classes of food
Carbohydrate
Protein
Fat
Vitamin
Mineral
Fibre
Water
Vitamins can be classified in 2 categories, which are:
Water soluble vitamins, Fat soluble vitamins
whats the meaning of water soluble vitamins
- they dissolve in the water in ur body
- easily lost through urine.
-have to replenish more often
whats the meaning of fat soluble vitamins
- they are absorbed and transported in a manner similar to that of fats
What are water soluble vitamins
vitamin B and C
What are some fat soluble vitamins
vitamin A, D, E and K
Whats a mineral
a non organic substance required by the body
6 examples of minerals
calcium, sodium, iron, iodine, phosphorus, potassium
What does water act as
water act as a transportation medium of nutrients and oxygen into the cells
water also regulates body temperature through sweat
what test do we use to test for presence of starch
iodine test
what test do we use to test for glucose
benedict’s test
what test do we use to test for protein?
Millon’s test
what test do we use to test for fat
alcohol emulsion test
what is food digestion
the process of breaking down food that is complex and large into molecules that are soluble to be absorbed by cells.
Salivary amylase in the saliva breaks down starch into ?
maltose
what is food that enters the oesophagus called?
bolus
walls of stomach secrete:
protease and hydrochloric acid
What is physical digestion?
- process of breaking down food into smaller particles
- involves peristalsis
- happens in mouth
- does not involve enzymes
- happen in digestive tract
there are 2 different processes of digestion, these are:
Physical, Chemical
What does hydrochloric acid do?
Activates the protease n kills bacteria in the food that enters the stomach
what is chemical digestion
- process of breaking down food from complex molecules into simple molecules
- happens in mouth, stomach, duodenum and intestine
- involves enzymes
- happen in digestive tract
What do you call food that is semi liquid
chyme
what does the liver produce and where is it stored?
bile, stored in gall bladder
what does the bile do?
emulsifies fat into small droplets and neutralises the acid in chyme