Questions about nutrients

Nutrients

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the differences between saturated and unsaturated fats?
2. How can we obtain water?
3. Give an example of a mineral with structural function.
4. Regarding vitamins: why is it so important to eat fresh food?
5. If you eat too much A or D vitamin, what may happen?
6. What is vegetal fibre? Can we obtain energy from them?
7. Cholesterol is a lipid, has cholesterol an energetic function?
8. What is an amino acid? What does it mean “essential amino acid”?
9. Using different symbols to represent amino acids, try to do a drawing of a protein made up of different amino acids.
10. Proteins are the building blocks of our cells, and therefore, of the tissues, organs and systems. So, proteins form us. What are proteins made of?
11. What would it happen to a person who does not take proteins?