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Food and Digestion - Coggle Diagram
Food and Digestion
Importance of Food
Supply us a fuel for energy
Provide Materials for growth and repair of tissues
Help fight disease and keep our bodies healthy
Diet
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Minerals
Vitamins
Dietary fiber
water
Right amount
Balanced Diet
Carbohydrates
1% of the mass of human bodyBody´s
main fuel for supplying cell with energy
Cells release energy by oxidising a sugar called glucose
Glucose is sweet and soluble in water. Find in fruit and vegtables
Types:
Fructose: fruit sugar
Lactose: Milk sugar
Sucrose: table sugar - sugar cane
Starch
Glycogen
Cellulose
Not human source of energy but
Form dietary fiber to move intestine and avoid constipation
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in Tissues like: liver and mucles
Store energy in these organs
Insoluble molecule
Only in plants: potato, rice, wheat, millet
Long chains of hundreds of glucose
Digestion and pass to blood
Sugar Polymers
Lipids
10% of the mass of human body
Long term of energy
Deposited in certain parts of the body for isulation and mechanical damage
2 parts:
Glycerol is olily liquid = Glycerine used in cosmetics
tree fatty acid molecules
Too much lipid is Unhealthy
Saturated Fat = Cholesterol
Hearth atack
Proteins
18% of the mass of human body, second after water
Growth and repair tissues
Essential amino acids come from:
beans, peas, nuts, meat, fish, meat, cheese, eggs
Daily intake 70 grs of protein
Deficiency is called Kwashiorkor
There are many types of proteins in the organisim:
Collagen: skin
Keratin: nails
Enzymes
Haemoglobin
