General Health M15

Question 1

What are the acceptable weekly units of alcohol for men and women?

Answer 1

21 units p/w for men
14 units p/w for women

Question 2

What are the 5 essential nutrients?

Answer 2

Minerals
Fats
Vitamins
Proteins
Carbohydrates

Question 3

Minerals are essential for what 3 reasons?

Answer 3

1. Turning the food we eat into energy
2. Controlling bodily fluids inside and outside cells
3. Building strong bones and teeth

Question 4

Iron, magnesium, Calcium, Potassium, Phosphorous, sodium and sulphur are essential…

Answer 4

Minerals

Question 5

What are the two types of fats?

Answer 5

Saturates and unsaturates

Question 6

What are the two types of vitamins?

Answer 6

Fat-soluble & water soluble

Question 7

What are fat-soluble vitamins?

Answer 7

Found in fatty foods - vitamins A, K, E & D

Question 8

What are water-soluble vitamins?

Answer 8

These are not stored in the body. Examples: B6, C, B12, Folic Acid, Biotin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin & Thiamine

Question 9

What percentage of calories per day should be protein foods?

Answer 9

15%

Question 10

What is MAFF? and what does it include?

Answer 10

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - responsible for the above listed

Question 11

What is DEFRA? and what does it do?

Answer 11

They work for the essentials of life; food, air,
land, water, people, animals and plants.

Question 12

What is NACNE

Answer 12

National Advisory Committee on Nutritional Education – the 1983 NACNE
reports.