1.

THERE ARE SEVEN CLASSES OF FOOD

WHICH ARE:
CLASSES OF FOOD

CARBOHYDRATE FAT MINERAL

WATER

PROTEIN VITAMIN
FIBRE
CARBOHYDRATES
A) Contain
CARBON, HYDROGEN
and OXYGEN

B) Supply MOST
of the energy our
body needs

C) Examples:
sugar,
starch, cellulose and
gly cogen
PROTEINS
A)
Contain carbon, hydrogen

oxygen and nitrogen

B)
Needed for GROWTH and

REPAIR of body tissues

C)
Examples:

fish, meat and egg

FAT
A)
Contain carbon, hydrogen
and
oxygen

B) Help
to keep us warm and

protect internal organs

C)
Examples:

animal fats and vegetable

oil
VITAMIN
A)
Organic compounds

needed in small amounts

by our body

B)
Needed for health and

growth

C)
Examples:

fruits and vegetables

IMPORTANCE OF NUTRIENTS
FUNCTION
VITAMIN SOURCE DEFICIENCY
DISEASE
A Carrot, For night vision Night
liver, fish Healthy skin blindness
liver oil and Skin
green infections
vegetables
B Eggs, milk, Releases energy Beriberi
meat, from Anaemia
yeast and carbohydrates
cereals Healthy nervous
system
Healthy skin
Formation of red
blood cells
 FUNCTION DEFICIENCY
VITAMIN SOURCE DISEASE
C Fresh fruits Healing of Scurvy
and wounds ( bleeding
vegetables Resistance to gums)
diseases
D Made by Strong bones Rickets ( soft
our body in and teeth bones and
sunlight, dental decay )
also found
in milk,
eggs, fish
liver oil
E Vegetable May be needed Sterility
oil, whole for
grains, reproduction
nuts, Helps to fight
wheatgerm against
diseases
 Source Function Deficiency
Vitamin Disease
K Made in the Clotting of Prolonged
human blood bleeding
intestines,
also found in
egg yolk,
green
vegetables
 WHAT IS BERIBERI?
Beriberi is a disease caused by a vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency.
There are two types of the disease: wet beriberi and dry
beriberi. Wet beriberi affects the heart and circulatory system. In
extreme cases, wet beriberi can cause heart failure.
 WHAT IS ANAEMIA?
Anaemia is a condition that develops when your blood does not
contain enough healthy red blood cells or haemoglobin. These cells
are important for carrying oxygen around the body.
MINERAL
A)
Inorganic compounds

needed by our body

B)
Needed for healthy

growth and

development
 SOURCE DEFICIENCY
MINERAL FUNCTION DISEASE
Calcium Cheese, Strong Rickets
milk, eggs, bones and Osteoporosis
green teeth Prolonged
vegetables Blood bleeding
clotting Muscular
Muscle and cramps
nerve
activities
Sodium Table salt, Maintains Muscular
cheese, body fluid cramps
meat Proper
functioning
of nerves
 DEFICIENCY
MINERAL SOURCE FUNCTION DISEASE
Iron Meat, eggs, Needed to Anaemia
green form
vegetables haemoglobi
n in red
blood cells
Iodine Seafood, Needed to Goitre ( swelling
iodised salt make of the thyroid
hormones gland in the neck )
of the
thyroid
gland
Phosphoru Eggs, meat, Strong Rickets
s milk, bones and Weakness
cheese, teeth
vegetables Muscle
contraction
Stores
energy
 DEFICIENCY
MINERAL SOURCE FUNCTION DISEASE
Potassium Meat, nuts, Maintains Weak muscles
bananas body fluid Paralysis
Proper
functioning
of nerves
Regulation
of heartheat
 WHAT IS OSTEOPOROSIS?
a medical condition in which the bones become
brittle and fragile from loss of tissue, typically as a
result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or
vitamin D.
FIBRE
A)
Made up of cellulose

B)
Prevent constipation
WATER
A)
Solvent for many

substances in the body

B)
Regulate body temperature