(A) Food and diet

All living things need food to live.

The foods we eat every day make up our diet.

There are different kinds of diet.

Lobster rollLobster roll

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Here are some of them:

PizzaPizza

RojakRojakNasi LemakNasi Lemak

SushiSushi

GrowGrow

Repair damage to our bodies,Repair damage to our bodies,

Give us energy so that we can Give us energy so that we can move and think,move and think,

Keep our bodies warm andKeep our bodies warm and

Keep our bodies healthy.Keep our bodies healthy.

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We need food to:

There are different ways to classify food. We can classify food into:

Carbohydrates

Although water and roughage are not classified here, they are also important in our diet.

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(B)How can we classify food?

Proteins Fats

Vitamins Minerals

RiceCereal

Bread

Tapioca

Biscuits

Noodles

Potatoes

Macaroni

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CARBOHYDRATES

Foods with a lot of carbohydrates give us energy.

chocolate

sweets

Soft drinks

candies

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CARBOHYDRATES

biscuits

Foods such as sweets, chocolates and soft drinks contain a lot of sugar. Sugar

is carbohydrates.

People who do not eat enough proteins do not grow well.

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PROTEINS

Proteins are used for growth and to repair damage to the body.

Animal proteinsPlant proteins

Fats also give us Fats also give us energy.energy.

Fats give us energy Fats give us energy more than more than carbohydrates.carbohydrates.

Fats usually solids. Fats usually solids. Some fats are Some fats are liquids.liquids.

We call these We call these oilsoils..

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FATS

Vitamins can be found in most foods. They protect us from illness.To stay healthy, only small amounts of vitamins are needed.There are many kinds of vitamins.

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VITAMINS

Vitamins C protects us from colds and ‘flu’.It keeps our teeth and gums healthy.

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VITAMIN C

Tomatoes

lemonsoranges

cherry

Papayas

Vitamin A keeps our skin and eyes healthy.

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VITAMIN A

Fish liver oil

Carrots

Milk

Butter

Green vegetables

Minerals can also be found in most food.

Iron and Calciumare minerals.

shellfish

vegetable

s

milk

eggs

cheese

liver

Roughage comes from plants.

It helps food move through our body easily.

We need at least eight glasses of water a day.

Water helps us to get rid of wastes form the body.

For our body to be healthy, we need a balanced diet.A balanced diet must contain the right types of foods.

We must eat fewer foods from

the top of the pyramid

We must eat more foods from the bottom of the

pyramid

A diet with too little or too much of one kind of food is unbalanced.

Fast food often has :-

a)too much fat and carbohydrate andb) not enough vitamins, minerals and roughage