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Diet and Metabolic Rate
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- 1Define "Good Health"A diet that provides the right amount of energy but no more
- 2Why are carbohydrates important in your diet?They release energy
- 3Why are fats important in your diet?They keep you warm and release energy
- 4Why is protein important in your diet?It helps your growth, cell repair and cell replacement.
- 5Why is fibre important in your diet?It keeps everything moving smoothly in your digestive system.
- 6What are vitamins and mineral ions important in your diet?They keep you skin, bones, blood and everything else generally healthy.
- 7Why do you need energy?Because it fuels chemical reactions in the body to keep you alive.
- 8What are the reactions that keep you alive called?You metabolism
- 9What is the rate of chemical reactions in your body called?Your metabolic rate
- 10What needs more energy, muscle or fatty tissue?muscle
- 11Who will have a higher metabolic rate? A fat person or a muscular person?A muscular person
- 12Who has a higher metabolic rate? Bigger people or smaller people? Why?Bigger people because you have more cells in your body if you are bigger.
- 13Who has a higher metabolic rate? Men or women? Why?Men because they are more muscular and slightly bigger.
- 14What 2 other things can effect your metabolic rate?Genetic factors and regular exercise
- 15Why does regular exercise affect your metabolic rate?Because it builds muscle which boosts your resting metabolic rate
- 16What happens to your metabolic rate when you exercise?It goes up and stays high for quite a while after you finish.
- 17Who needs more energy? An office worker or a builder?A builder because he has a physically demanding job.
- 18If you do little exercise, what food groups do you need less of?Fat and carbohydrate
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- Biology Flashcards on Diet and Metabolic Rate, created by Howellsgirl007 on 19/08/2013.
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