Health and lifestyle Flashcards
Why are nutrients important?
Nutrients are important substances that your body needs to survive and stay healthy.
What do carbohydrates do?
They provide energy.
What do lipids do?
They provide energy.
What do proteins do?
They are used for growth and energy.
What do vitamins do?
Vitamins keep you healthy.
What do minerals do?
Keep you healthy.
What is the digestive system?
The digestive system is a group of organs that work together to break down food.
What happens during digestion?
The nutrients in most of the food you eat are large molecules like lipids and protein.During digestion these large molecules are broken down into small nutrients molecules.These nutrients pass through into the blood where they are used by the body.
What does bacteria do?
Bacteria is in your large intestine and they make vitamins.These vitamins are then absorbed into the blood.
What are enzymes?
Enzymes are special proteins that can break down molecules of nutrients into small molecules
What are the types of enzymes?
Carbohydrase,protease and lipase are all types of enzymes.
What does carbohydrase do ?
It breaks down carbohydrase into sugar molecules.
What does protease do?
Protease breaks down protein into amino acids.
What does lipase do?
Lipase breaks down lipids into fatty acids.
