BiologyCode 5090
Diet
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Give the chief food sources of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins (C and D only), mineral salts (calcium and iron only), fibre (roughage) and water, and outline why each one is important in the diet
- State the diseases caused by a lack of vitamin C (scurvy), vitamin D (rickets), calcium (rickets) and iron (anaemia), and outline the symptoms that each deficiency produces
- Understand what is meant by a balanced diet