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Diet
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GCSE Biology Mind Map on Diet, created by Abhinav Rajendran on 05/28/2015.
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Diet
Food Groups
Carbohydrates
Provides Quick energy
Proteins
Builds and repairs muscle
Fats
Provides a slow store of energy
Saturated
Increase cholesterol levels
mono-unsaturated
Good for health, regulate cholesterol levels
Poly-unsaturated
Good for health
Vitamins
Help the body work
Minerals
Help release energy from food
Fibre
Aids the digestive system
Water
Keeps the body hydrated ad prevents dehydration
If you are missing even one of these food groups you become malnourished
Salt
Too much can cause heart and kidney disease and increase risk of a stroke
Metabolic Rate
Differs from person to person
Teenagers need more because they are growing
Elderly people need less because they aren't as active
Proportion of fat to muscle ratio affects your metabolic rate
Men generally have a higher muscle to fat ratio compared to women
This means men have a higher metabolic rate
cholesterol
LDL's
Low density lipoproteins
Bad, lead cholesterol to cells and float around in the blood
HDL's
High density lipoproteins
Good, lead excess cholesterol to the liver to be destroyed
Cause heart disease
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