Food :Our basic need

Answer the following:

Q1. What are the 5 main nutrients that our body requires?
Ans-the 5 main nutrients that our body require are: i.carbohydrates
ii.fats
iii.proteins
iv. vitamins
v. minerals
Q2 How are proteins useful to us?
Ans: Proteins help our body to build, maintain and replace the tissue in our body
.Moreover our muscles, organs and immune system are also mostly made of protein.
Q3 What is the function of fat in the body?
Ans: Fat is an important storage form of food. It provides us with energy .Fat gives our
body warmth. They are also essential for healthy skin and hair.
A4 What makes a balanced diet?
Ans: A balanced diet contains all the essential nutrients- carbohydrate fat protein
vitamins and minerals in the correct amount. It also includes roughage and sufficient
amounts of water.
Q5 How does it help to include sufficient roughage in the diet?
Ans: sufficient amount of roughage in the diet help in the following ways:
i. It maintains proper weight
ii support in digestion
iii help in the smooth excretion of waste from our body.
HOTS Questions
Q6 Why should we not have junk food too often?
Ans: When we eat too much junk food we miss out on getting enough of other essential
nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. Due to which lots of problems such as obesity,
heart attack diseases etc arise.
Q7. Who needs to include more carbohydrate in his diet,a rickshaw puller or a bank
cashier? Give reasons.
Ans: A rickshaw puller because he needs a lot of energy to do his work.
Q8. Why do we need to drink more water in hot weather and after exercising?
Ans: The hot weather and after exercise our body loses too much water by excessive
sweating. To replenish this we need to drink more water.