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ACTIVITIES UNIT 2: FOOD AND NUTRITION.1. Answer the questions:
a) How many amino-acids exist in our body?
b) How many of those amino-acids can the body make from other amino-acids?
c) How do we obtain the other amino-acids if our bodies can’t make them?
d) How much of our body mass is water?
e) Why is water important for our bodies?
f) How much water should we consume daily?
2. Say if the following sentences are true or false. Correct the false sentences:
a) Saturated fats are usually from vegetable sources.
b) Unsaturated fats are often solids.
c) Fructose is a complex sugar.
d) Fat is the most important sugar in our diet.
e) Lipids are soluble in water.
3. Answer the following questions:
a) What are proteins made of?
b) Why are minerals important for our bodies?
c) Where can you find minerals?
4. Match the food to the nutrients:
a. Starch
1. Simple sugar
b. Oil
2. Complex sugar
c. Honey
3. Saturated fat
d. Butter
4. Unsaturated fat
5. Copy the following word in your exercise book and write the opposite of each
word:
a) Soluble
b) Saturated
6. Complete the summary with the following correct words:
Crystalline, honey,
fructose,
lactose,
monosaccharide,
Soluble,
sugar,
sweet.
Simple sugars have a (a) ------------------ taste, they are (b) ----------------- and
they are (c) ---------------- in water. Examples of these are glucose and (d) -------which are found in (e) ------------------ and fruit.
Disaccharides are formed by the combination of two (f) ---------------------------and our body separates them in order to use them.
Sucrose in (g) ------------------ and (h) --------------------- in milk are examples of
these.
7. Say which or the following characteristic refer to liposoluble vitamins and which
to hydrosoluble vitamins:
a) Accumulate in the liver
b) Don’t accumulate in the body
c) Not soluble in lipids
d) Not soluble in water
e) Vitamins A and D
f) Vitamins B1, B2, B12 and C
8. Look at the food pyramid and answer the questions:
a) Should we eat eggs every day?
b) Can you eat vegetables every day?
c) Is it a good idea to eat a pastry from breakfast every day?
d) Is it advisable to eat red meat three times a day?
9. Read about the Mediterranean diet and answer the questions:
a) Why does it help reduce the risk of constipation?
b) Does the Mediterranean diet help reduce the risk of obesity? Why?
c) Does the Mediterranean diet help reduce the risk of circulatory problems?
d) Which of the following meals would be appropriate in the Mediterranean
diet?
- A paella and a salad
- A hamburger and chips.
10. Complete the following sentences:
a) There are ------------------- food groups
b) The main foods in group 1 are ------------------c) Group 2 foods are high in -----------------------d) Group 7 foods are high in -----------------------11. Match the food to the food type:
a. Chicken
1. Red meat
b. Beef
2. Carbohydrates
c. Milk
3. Poultry
d. Bread and pasta
4. Dairy products
e. Jam
5. Saturated fats
f. Fish
6. Unsaturated fats
g. Oil
7. Protein
h. Butter
8. Sugar
12. Look at the food pyramid again. How often should you eat the following types
of food?
a) Red meat: every day
once a week
a few times a month
b) Rice and couscous: every day
once a week
once a month
c) Fish: once a week
more than once a week
once a month
13. Classify the following problems typical in developed of developing countries:
a) Diabetes
b) Lack of energy
c) Infectious diseases
d) Kidney and liver problems
e) Food poisoning
f) Low protein intake
g) Circulatory problems
14. Are the sentences below advantages (A) or disadvantages (D) of genetically
modified food?
a) They are more profitable
b) They may have toxic or carcinogenic products in them
c) They do not need as many pesticides, which results in a benefit for the
environment.
d) They may cause allergies.
e) The crops are more resistant to frost and drought
f) They might interfere with our own genes.
15. Which nutrients are abundant in fruits?