CALL SHEET

1. What is nutrition?
Nutrition is the science of how the body uses the nutrients from food

2. What are some factors affecting nutrition in the Caribbean?

The economy,education,religion and food fads and fallacies.

3. What are the 6 Caribbean food groups?

Staples,food from animals,legumes and nuts,vegetable,fruits and fats and oil.

4. What are the 6 nutrients group?

Carbohydrate,proteins,fats,minerals,vitamin and water.

5. Elements of carbohydrate?
Carbon,hydrogen and oxygen.

6. Elements of protein?
Carbon,hydrogen,oxygen and nitrogen.

7. Elements of fats?
Carbon,hydrogen and oxygen but contained a greater proportion of carbon and hydrogen than
oxygen.

8. Elements of vitamin?
Carbon,hydrogen and oxygen

9. Food sources of carbohydrate?

Starch and sugar

10. Food sources of protein?

Animals and plant

11. Food sources of fats?

Animal,vegetable,nuts and vegetable oil

How many amino acid are there?

21

12. What are monosaccharides?

It is a simple sugar

13. What are disaccharides?

It is two monosaccarides

14. What are polysaccharides?

These are complex compounds such as starch,dextrin,glycogen and dietary fiber such as cellulose
and pectin. They are also called complex carbohydrates.

15. What are the types of monsaccharides?

Glucose,fructose and galactose

16. What are the types of disaccharides?

Sucrose,lactose and maltose
17. What are the types of polysaccharides?
Starch,dextrin,glycogen and dietary fiber

18. How many B-Complex vitamins are there ?

There are about 11 such substances.

19. Classification of fat lipids.

Simple lipids,compound lipids and derived lipids.

20. What are simple lipids?

They are three molecules of fatty acid linked to one molecule of glycerol.

21. What are compound lipid?

This is the compound of glycerol and fatty acid linked with carbohydrate,phosphate,nitrogen or
protein.

22. What are derived limpid?

This is formed from simple and compound.

23. What are some examples of compound lipid?

Glycolipids,phospholipids and lipoprotein