Friday 30 June 2017
Friday 23 June 2017
The Uses of Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds. It plays a big role in your body. Vitamin A does not only help you grow it improves how your lungs function, and your lungs are very important.
Vitamin A is very useful for your lungs, kidneys and other vital organs. It also comes to use when you’ve got broken skin and want it to be healthier. It also plays a big role in your eyes. Your eyes are very important so vitamin A is very important too. It even improves your night vision.
There are two types of vitamin A. Type one vitamin a is found in meat, poultry, fish and dairy products. The second type, pro-vitamin A is found in fruits, vegetables and other plant-based products.
Having vitamin A can save you a lot of money. Not just because it can act like a medicine but most women spend their money on beauty products and vitamin A really improves your skin. It can also save your money because it improves eyesight and you wouldn’t have to buy glasses.
Vitamin A has much more uses besides having healthy skin, healthy lungs and perfect skin. So vitamin A is proven to be very important.
Thursday 22 June 2017
What is caffeine?
What is caffeine?
Caffeine is a central nervous system tonic. Caffeine is also a psychoactive drug that is found in common food. Unlike lots of other psychoactive substances, it is legal and unregulated in nearly all parts of the world.
What is caffeine found in?
Caffeine is found in lots of famous drinks including your daily coffee or tea. Also soft drinks and even dark chocolate bars, guarana, Red bull, V and some cough syrup and slimming tablets.Caffeine occurs naturally in more than 60 plants plus coffee beans, tea leaves, kola nuts used to flavour soft drinks colas, and cocoa pods used to make chocolate products.
What are effects of caffeine?
In 2014 Medical news today reported on a study suggesting that consuming three cups of coffee a day may increase the risk of liver cancer by 50%, while another study suggests that drinking four cups a day could halve the risk of mouth and throat cancer. A study from the Harvard School of Public Health proposes that drinking between two and four cups of coffee a day may reduce suicide risk in adults, while more recent research found that ingesting 200 mg of caffeine each day may boost long-term memory. Studies have also suggested that caffeine intake may protect against type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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Wednesday 21 June 2017
Saturday 17 June 2017
Food Report - Carbonation
What is Carbonation?
Carbonation is actually carbon dioxide kept under pressure in a bottle or in a natural spring water. After opening the cap and releasing air the carbon dioxide will slowly be relieved which makes bubbles of carbon dioxide.
Carbonated water is also known as club soda, soda water, sparkling water, seltzer water, or fizzy water.
What are Carbonated Drinks?
Carbonated drinks give seltzer Its bite! (Seltzer is water in carbon dioxide which is when gas under pressure has been dissolved. Some of these have additives such as sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, magnesium and other minerals)
Soft drinks.
While the term "soft drink" is commonly used in product labeling and on restaurant menus, in many countries these drinks are more commonly referred by regional names, including carbonated beverage, coke, fizzy drink, fizzy juice, cool drinks, tonic, and mineral water.
Is Carbonated Water Bad For You?
Sparkling water can damage your teeth but it’s not that Bad. Sparkling water can erode your tooth enamel, but it's not quite as bad as it sounds. ... They aren't nearly as acidic or corrosive as soda, but some flavored sparkling waters have acidity levels on par with fruit juice.
However, over time the acid in sparkling water dissolves the calcium in your teeth leaving behind a mushy mess called a cavity.
Fun little fact. Coke was actually supposed to be a toilet or bathroom product but people started to drink, which made it a beverage.
Another fun little fact. Coke was made in 1886 on May the 8th. So if your birthday is May the 8th then It… guess you're lucky.
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Food Report - Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate is a food and a seasoning that is popular throughout countries. Many sweet things contain chocolate like sweet crunchy biscuits, huge cakes, tasty chocolate drinks, creamy brown chocolate sweets.
How chocolate is made?
It begins with seeds from the cocoa tree. The cocoa trees comes from North and South America, Africa and also from Asia. The seeds become long as cucumber shaped fruits called pods. When the pods become ripe, the workers cut them from the tree and take the seeds. The seeds need to rest for a lot of days, before they are dried, either by the sun or in an oven. When the seeds are dried they are called cocoa beans. After that they are shipped to processing plants or to the chocolate factories.
Nutrition.
Lots of chocolate is high in fats and sugar. That's why eating lots of chocolate can be bad for your health. It’s been connected with high levels of obesity in more economically developed countries, from places where choco bars and other chocolate foods are popular.
Although chocolate is bad for you if you eat too much, it is a high energy food and it also contains a material called antioxidants, which is good for you.
Historical facts about chocolate.
Chocolate began in ancient Mexico and central America, where cacao trees grew. People organized a flaming hot, unsweetened drink with cocoa beans. Chocolate was one of the first items to be made as part of the fair trade scheme.
Interesting Facts
Did you know people should never feed chocolate to a dog, because a chemical in chocolate makes dogs sick.
Food Report - Banana
Where Do Bananas Come From?
Bananas are fruit. Bananas are one of the most important foods in the world. They are the best. They are nutritious and they are flavourful. They are available throughout the year. Bananas are very popular.
Banana plants grow best in deep loose well-drained
soils in hot, damp places. Banana plants need a lot of rain.
India, Brazil, Ecuador and China were the first countries to grow bananas. Bananas have been grown in India for at least 4,000 years.
Bananas contain the mineral called potassium.
They are also a good source of vitamins A and C. Bananas are usually eaten fresh.
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Food Report - Fat
What is Fat?
Introduction 
Fat is a substance which is found in animals and vegetables and is used to cook food like hamburgers and fries. It can be harmful and gets your tummies up a size.
Why do we need some fat in our body?
We need some fat in our body to make our immune system run and grow stronger. We also need fat in our body to help all the cells work and run. Fat is also an essential nutrient, with a host of important functions within our body. To make our body healthy without any fat we should allow good nutritious things to go in our body.
Saturated, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and trans fat.
Saturated fat increases cholesterol and is found in animals protein. Polyunsaturated fat has an important role in brain and eye function. It is found in things like butter, salmon, seeds etc.
Monounsaturated fat found in natural food such as milk, nuts, red meat etc. and appears to protect against heart problems.
Foods that are high in fat
Olive oil, butter, chocolate, candy, avocado, cheese, almonds, burgers and last but not least pizza.
Eight low fat foods
Rice, noodles, grains, pastas, cereals, bread, low fat crackers, hot oatmeal.
Conclusion
Fat is something good to learn about. Eating too much fat is very bad for your precious body, but you need small amounts `of fat to help your bodies function properly. Therefore, we all need a little fat in our diets.
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