8Aa -NUTRIENTS

NUTRIENTS:

LEARNING OBJECTIVE :
 To understand why body needs nutrients
 To interpret nutrition information tables
 To recall the tests used to detect some nutrients

SUCCESS CRITERIA :
 I can understand the importance of nutrients in body
 I can interpret nutrition information tables
 WHAT ARE
NUTRIENTS?

 FOOD SUBSTANCES THAT PROVIDE RAW

MATERIALS ARE CALLED NUTRIENTS.

 What are the 6 major nutrients you

need ?
AFL

1. WHY DO WE EAT CARBOHYDRATES?

2. WHY DO WE EAT PROTEIN?
3. WHAT ARE MINERALS AND PROTEINS USED FOR ?
4. WHAT ARE FIBRES AND FATS USED FOR ?
Why do need fibre

 Made of plant cell wall

 It keeps us healthy by helping food move through the intestines and stopping
them getting blocked.
1. What do scientists mean by diet?
Answer: A diet is the combination of foods typically eaten by a specific group
of people or other organisms.
2. What does your body use nutrients for?
Answer: These nutrients support vital functions, including growth, the immune,
the central nervous system, and preventing disease.
3.How are water and fibre helpful for preventing constipation?
Answer: 
Water :

 Act as a lubricant
 Dissolves things
 Fills up cells
 Cools you down when you sweat
Food labelling

 Nutrition information label shows the amounts of different nutrients in a

food.
 What are the uses of food labels ?

 Suggest why a breakfast cereal box states: may contain traces of nuts?
HOME ASSIGNMENT

 SOLVE QUESTION NO 8,9,10 FROM PG NO. 7

TESTING FOODS – FSA (Food standard
agency)

STARCH PROTEIN FATS

FOOD + 1 DROP RUB FOOD + DRY
IODINE + STARCH = BIURET SOLUTION PAPER = GREASY
BLUE BLACK = PURPLE COLOUR MARK
COLOUR