Q. 5 Answer the following questions in short:
1) What is the main function of roughage?
2) What are nutrients? Name major nutrients.
3) What is a balanced diet?
4) Name the food nutrient indicated by an oily patch on paper.
5) Write the function of water in our body.
Q. 6 Answer the following questions in detail:
1) Write the test to detect the presence of starch.
2) List various types of nutrients and write functions of each.
3) What are deficiency diseases? Name some deficiency diseases.
Answers
Answer:
5) (1) Roughage is the portion of plant foods, such as whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, fruits, and vegetables, that your body can't digest. However, it's an important food source for the beneficial bacteria in your gut. It may also aid weight management and decrease certain risk factors for heart disease
5) (2) Nutrients are compounds in foods essential to life and health, providing us with energy, the building blocks for repair and growth and substances necessary to regulate chemical processes. There are six major nutrients: Carbohydrates (CHO), Lipids (fats), Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, Water
5) (3) a diet consisting of a variety of different types of food and providing adequate amounts of the nutrients necessary for good health.
5) (4) Fats
5) (5) Your body uses water in all its cells, organs, and tissues to help regulate its temperature and maintain other bodily functions. Because your body loses water through breathing, sweating, and digestion, it's important to rehydrate by drinking fluids and eating foods that contain water.
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Answer:
1. Roughage helps our body get rid of undigested food.
2.Nutrients are compunds in food that provides nourishment to our body,give energy etc . There are 6 major nutrients -
carbohydrates,fats , proteins ,vitamins and minerals
3. The diet that contains all types of food and give us all the nutrients is called a balanced diet.
4. Fats
5. Water carries nutrients and oxygen to all cells in the body.
It regulates our body temperature.
It prevents constipation.