Healthy living

Healthy living

Balanced Diet
1. Carbohydrates
  1. Potatoes, pasta, bread, bananas, sugar and rice
  2. ENERGY
2. Fats
  1. Cheese, oils and dairy
  2. ENERGY, INSULATION and to make CELL MEMBRANES
3. Protein
  1. Meat, Fish, eggs and cheese
  2. GROWTH and REPAIR OF CELLS
4. Minerals & vitamins
  1. HEALTHY WORKING of the body
  2. A lack of VITAMIN D can cause RICKETS, causing the skeleton to grow badly.
Metabolic Rate
1. The RATE that CHEMICAL REACTIONS OCCUR IN THE BODY
2. Factors affecting Metabolic Rate
  1. INHERITANCE
  2. MUSCLE to FAT proportions
  3. AMOUNT OF EXERCISE
3. Improving Metabolic Rate
  1. INCREASING EXERCISE
  2. IMPROVING DIET
  3. HIGHER MUSCLE PROPORTIONS
4. The lower the better.
Stopping Infection
1. WHITE BLOOD CELLS KILL PATHOGENS
  1. ANTIBODIES
    1. KILL ANTIGENS CREATED BY VIRUS'
  2. ANTITOXINS
    1. KILL BACTERIA AND THEIR TOXINS
  3. WHITE BLOOD CELLS CAN ALSO DIGEST PATHOGENS
2. VACCINATION
  1. WEAKENED OR DEAD PATHOGENS ARE PUT INTO BODY
    1. THESE ARE USED SO PATHOGEN CAN'T BECOME INFECTIOUS
  2. WHITE BLOOD CELLS KILL PATHOGEN
  3. SOME CELLS REMAIN AND PERSON IS IMMUNE TO PATHOGEN
3. HYGEINE
  1. SEMMELWEISS
  2. WASHING HANDS BETWEEN VISITING PATIENTS
PATHOGENS
1. VIRUS'
  1. VERY SMALL
  2. CAN ONLY REPRODUCE INSIDE HOST CELLS
    1. DAMAGE HOST CELL
    2. VIRUS PASSED AROUND BODY IN BLOODSTREAM
    3. MULTIPLY UNTIL CELL BURSTS
  3. EXAMPLES OF VIRUS'
    1. MMR(MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA)
    2. CHICKEN POX
    3. INFLUENZA (FLU)
2. BACTERIA
  1. EXAMPLES OF BACTERIA
    1. TYPHOID
    2. FOOD POISONING
    3. CHOLERA
  2. MULTIPLY RAPIDLY
  3. RELEASE TOXINS IN THE BODY
    1. THIS MAKES US FEEL ILL

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