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    This document discusses components of a balanced diet, including amino acids, monosaccharides, fatty acids, glycerol, and water molecules. It explains the difference between essential and non-essential amino acids and describes the function of vitamin A for vision. It notes that people stuck indoors are more prone to osteomalacia due to lower vitamin D exposure from sunlight. The document also provides the formulas for body mass index and defines a calorie. When reading food labels, it recommends checking calories per serving for large meals and calories per 100g for small meals. Good sources of protein include eggs, dairy, milk, beans, pulses, fish, meat and poultry. Health risks of saturated fats are increased risk

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    This document discusses components of a balanced diet, including amino acids, monosaccharides, fatty acids, glycerol, and water molecules. It explains the difference between essential and non-essential amino acids and describes the function of vitamin A for vision. It notes that people stuck indoors are more prone to osteomalacia due to lower vitamin D exposure from sunlight. The document also provides the formulas for body mass index and defines a calorie. When reading food labels, it recommends checking calories per serving for large meals and calories per 100g for small meals. Good sources of protein include eggs, dairy, milk, beans, pulses, fish, meat and poultry. Health risks of saturated fats are increased risk

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    List Five Constituents of A Balanced Diet

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    This document discusses components of a balanced diet, including amino acids, monosaccharides, fatty acids, glycerol, and water molecules. It explains the difference between essential and non-essential amino acids and describes the function of vitamin A for vision. It notes that people stuck indoors are more prone to osteomalacia due to lower vitamin D exposure from sunlight. The document also provides the formulas for body mass index and defines a calorie. When reading food labels, it recommends checking calories per serving for large meals and calories per 100g for small meals. Good sources of protein include eggs, dairy, milk, beans, pulses, fish, meat and poultry. Health risks of saturated fats are increased risk

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    1) List five constituents of a balanced diet?

     Amino acids
     Monosaccharides
     Fatty acids
     Glycerol
     Water molecules
    2) Explain the difference between essential and non-essential amino acid?
     Non essential- required metabolic pathway to synthesise amino acids so we do not need
    these amino acids from our diet
     Essential- we do not have the metabolic pathways to synthesise amino acids so we have to
    intake through our diet
    3) Describe function of vitamin A?
     Vision- without which we would suffer from night blindness
    4) Explain how people stuck in doors are more prone to osteomalcia?
     Osteomalcia is a vitamin D deficiency, main source of vitamin D is through sunshine, staying
    in doors means less exposure to sunlight and so less vitamin D exposure
    5) Write down the formula for body mass index?
     Weight KG/ height m2
    6) What is a definition of calorie?
     A calorie is the energy needed to raise 1g of water by 1 degrees
    7) When reading the serving packet label of the nutrient foods most important thing to look for
    is?
     The number of calories per serving if large meal and the number of calories per 100g if small
    meal
    8) Good source of protein is?
     Eggs, diary, milk, beans, pulses, fish, meat, poultry
    9) Health risks of saturated fats are?
     More LDL greater risk of obesity- white adipose tissue around waist, more LDL more risk of
    fatty plaque build up in blood vessels- artherscleorosis

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